Live, interactive webinar
August 21, 2021
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm PDT
Dr. Lorraine R. Freedle
Sandplay Teacher (STA/ISST)
Pele by Linda Rowell Stevens
Fees: NCRSS Members - $40 Non-NCRSS Members - $50
3.5 CEU’s/Sandplay Credit
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Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and the volcano was exiled from her homeland in Tahiti and took an epic journey of transformation across the Pacific Ocean. Eventually, she made her new home in Hawai`i at the crater of Kilauea, the most active volcano on earth. As we face powerful eruptions in our lives, Pele helps us embrace the energies of inner and outer volcanic activity. This workshop explores the living mythology of Pele, from the Kilauea eruption in 2018 on Hawai’i Island to the present-day global pandemic.
Join us as we interact with the Pele myth on a personal level through storytelling and image making; learn about the use of mobile sandplay in disaster relief; and explore how Pele appears in the sandplay images of children and adults during times of community crisis. Together we will also view an award-winning documentary film, Fire and Sand and explore the archetypal patterns of destruction and creation and take pause to resonate with our own inner calling in today’s world.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how myth may provide psychocultural resources for healing.
2. Identify archetypal patterns in the Pele myth and in today’s world crisis.
3. Explore the “living mythology” of Pele in the Hawaiian culture and in sandplay therapy.
4. Identify three ways that sandplay therapy alleviates symptoms of traumatic stress.
5. Distinguish mobile sandplay in relief work from traditional applications of sandplay therapy.
Who should attend: Play/sandplay therapists, social workers, psychologists, or counselors interested in a post-graduate level workshop and in earning training hours toward credentialing as a sandplay therapist.
Lorraine R. Freedle, PhD, CST-T is a pediatric neuropsychologist and international sandplay teacher (STA/ISST). She is the Clinical Director of Pacific Quest in Hilo, Hawai`i where she also maintains a private practice, Black Sand Neuropsychological Services. Dr. Freedle has published numerous professional articles/chapters and currently serves as the President of the Sandplay Therapists of America and Research Editor for the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She co-produced and directed the award-winning documentary film, Fire and Sand: Healing in the Wake of the 2018 Kilauea Eruption.
Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes.
SCA is an approved CE provider for National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches (CEP Number 100196).
For questions about CE contact David Lukoff, PhD at