VFTS 2021 9 | Lorraine R. Freedle | For the Love of Sandplay

FEATURED GUEST: Lorraine R. Freedle, PhD, ABPdN, CST-T, is a neuropsychologist, international teacher, researcher, and expressive arts therapist. Her specialty is in Jungian sandplay therapy. She is a trainer in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), and teaching member of the Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) and the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST). She is on faculty at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Dr. Freedle has authored numerous publications in the area of neuropsychology, trauma, and sandplay therapy, and is an award-winning researcher for her studies of sandplay with adults with traumatic brain injury and young people with co-occurring trauma and addiction. After leading a disaster relief team that brought sandplay therapy to people displaced by the 2018 eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawai'i Island, she co-produced and directed the acclaimed documentary film, Fire and Sand.

Dr. Freedle currently serves as the President of the Sandplay Therapists of America and Research Editor for the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She has been a clinical administrator for several organizations that provide integrative behavioral healthcare. For over thirty years she has mentored hundreds of early career therapists to independent practice. Her private practice is Black Sand Neuropsychological Services in Hilo, Hawai’i.

LISTEN & LEARN:

• How this quote has influenced her entire career - " Do what you love; do it well; do it whenever and whereever you can; and sooner or later someone will pay you to do it." 
• The difference between Sandtray and Sandplay therapies. 
• How a training created within her first clinical position, influenced her passion for expressive arts therapies approaches including Sandplay therapy. 
• Clinical benefits of adding sandplay when providing treatment for addiction and trauma. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Access to view Dr. Freedle's short documentary film Fire and Sand about using sandplay therapy to people impacted by the disasterous eruption of the Kilauea volcano in 2018. The film is the winner of: 
• • 2019 “Humanitarian and Social Justice Award” at Santa Fe Film Festival, • 2019 “Best Hawai`i Film” at the Honolulu Film Awards, and 
• • 2019 Hawai`i Psychological Association Media Award for exceptional media contributions that promote psychological health and understanding. 
• www.LorrianeFreedle.com 
• Sandplay Therapists of America 
• Journal of Sandplay Therapy 

Dr. Freedle's Publications:

Freedle, L.R., Goodwin-Downs, D., Souza, J. & Cipponeri, A. (2020). The added value of sandplay therapy with emerging adults in an outdoor behavioral healthcare program. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 29 (1), 129-144. 

Freedle, L.R., Altschul, D.B., & Freedle, A.M. (2015). The role of sandplay therapy in the treatment of adolescents and young adults with co-occurring substance use disorders and trauma. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 24 (2), 127-145.

Freedle, L. R. (2018). Birth, rebirth and interconnectedness in sandplay. In D. Sherwood and B. Jackson (eds.), (pp. 207-222). Into the Heart of Sandplay, Oberlin, OH: Analytical Psychology Press  (Download Here)

Train with Dr. Freedle at the The 12th Annual Expressive Therapies Summit Virtual via Zoom (Nov 4-7 and 18-21) and In-Person at the Tropicana Resort in Atlantic City, NJ (Nov 11-14). In-Person will be held in a seperate tower from the resort. 

• Nov 13, 2021 VIRTUAL PANEL - A Primer of Sandplay, Sandtray & Sand in Therapy: Comparing Clinical Approaches & Competencies {Presented with Linda E. Homemeyer & Dee Preston-Dillon}
• Nov 21, 2021 VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - Sandplay Therapy for Expressive Therapists: An Introduction to Theory & Practice