Dr. Barbara A. Turner

SUA
terapeut atestat, formator si supervizor STA
(Sandplay Therapists of America)

    Autoare a Handbook of Sandplay Therapy.

Si-a inceput pregatirea in sandplay de orientare jungiana in Elvetia, in 1988, cu Dora Kalff, fondatoarea metodei jungiene de sandplay .

Are peste douazeci de ani experienta in utilizarea sandplay cu copii si adulti.

Dr. Turner a dezvoltat Temenos Press Learning Center, un program de formare on-line in fundamentele si teoria jungiana a jocului cu nisip.

Preda la Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy/Play Therapy Marea Britanie si este Certified Sandplay Therapist - profesor in cadrul S.T.A. (Sandplay Therapists of America).

Educatie

    1998 PhD California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco Integral Studies - Transformative Learning
    1987 MA California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco: consiliere psihologica
    1974 BA San Diego State University: studii de religie

Certificari profesionale si licente

M.F.T. Marriage Family Child Therapist - California
R.P.T.-S Registered Play Therapist - supervizor
CST-T Certified Sandplay Therapist - profesor

Este o autoare si formatoare activa in domeniu, desfasurandu-si activitatea in intreaga lume.
A editat si republicat literatura sandplay clasica, incluzand Sandplay: A Psychotherapeutic Approach to the Psyche de Dora Kalff; Images of the Self: The Sandplay Therapy Process de Estelle Weinrib si Floor Games: A Father's Account of Play and Its Legacy of Healing de H.G. Wells.