This workshop will explore how parents cope with trauma and loss in the perinatal period through the use of sandtray therapy as a therapeutic intervention. Real case examples of clients' sandtray work will be presented, and dynamics of traumatic birth experiences, pregnancy loss, termination for medical reasons, stillbirth, NICU trauma, infant loss, fertility struggles, and trauma that gets reactivated in pregnancy and childbirth will be discussed.

This training with offer a unique way to process and learn the dynamics of reproductive trauma and loss. The training will be full of case examples, pictures and videos of clients' trays, and creation of your own trays, even virtually! No prior training in perinatal mental health or sandtray is required, and it will give great examples to start a deep dive into that type of work if you are interested in either.