ACTS Therapist

Advanced clinicians: learn how Sandtray Therapy can help clients identify, understand, and integrate parts of self through a trauma-informed, developmentally responsive approach.

Join us for an advanced training designed for therapists working with trauma, attachment, and identity development in children and adults.

- 6 APT Approved CE Hours
- Cypress, TX + Live Webinar
- August 8, 2026

Build deeper clinical confidence in parts work through experiential sandtray interventions that support curiosity, regulation, and integration.

🔗 https://www.actstherapist.com/event-details/advanced-sandtray-discovering-parts-of-self-in-play-therapy-3

Advanced EMDR: Sandtray Therapy

For EMDR-trained therapists ready to go deeper. Learn how to integrate sandtray into all 8 phases of EMDR to support complex trauma, dissociation, and parts work safely and effectively.

✔ 6 EMDRIA + APT CEs
✔ Practical interventions you can use immediately
✔ Online | June 6, 2026

Move beyond “stuck” sessions and expand the way your clients heal.

Spots are limited. Reserve your seat today.
https://www.actstherapist.com/event-details/advanced-emdr-sandtray-therapy-2

Sandtray Therapy is more than play, it’s a powerful path to symbolic expression, emotional processing, and trauma-informed healing.

Join us for Sandtray Therapy 101 and build a strong clinical foundation you can confidently integrate into your work with children, adolescents, and families.

✨ 4 APT Approved CE Hours
✨ Interactive practicum experience
✨ Online live webinar available

June 4 | 2-6 PM CDT
Limited spots available.
https://www.actstherapist.com/event-details/sandtray-therapy-101-5

Some therapists try to jump into advanced Sandtray or EMDR before building a solid foundation.

This June, we’re doing it differently. A 3-day training pathway:
🌿 June 4: Sandtray Therapy 101 (start here)
🌱 June 5: Advanced Sandtray: Parts of Self
🧠 June 6: EMDR + Sandtray Integration

Each day builds on the next. From foundation → depth → integration.

If you’re serious about trauma work, start with the foundation.

🔗 Register at https://www.actstherapist.com/events-1

Before trauma work begins, the nervous system needs safety.

Not forced.
Not rushed.
Felt.

In nature, regulation often happens quietly.

The sound of wind in the trees.
The rhythm of walking.
The ground steady beneath your feet.

The body begins to slow.
The breath deepens.
Something softens.

Sometimes the nervous system settles… because the body remembers it belongs to the earth.

We don’t start with the story. We start with safety.

🌿 Experience EMDR in nature
🔗 actstherapist.com

If you’ve been curious about integrating nature into your work but aren’t sure where to start, this is a grounded place to begin.

🌎 Earth Day Offering
Get 20% off: Introduction to Nature-Based Therapy

A structured, experiential training designed to help you confidently bring nature into your clinical practice without overwhelm or guesswork.

✔ Clear, step-by-step guidance
✔ No prior nature-based therapy experience needed
✔ Designed to feel experiential, grounded, and applicable

This is for clinicians who want to expand beyond the traditional office setting and explore new ways to support regulation, connection, and engagement.

🗓 Available today through Sunday
⏳ Coupon expires Sunday

Use code: EARTHDAY20

🔗 Reserve your spot:
https://www.actstherapist.com/event-details/introduction-to-nature-based-therapy-one-day-retreat-at-jones-state-forest

What if containment didn’t have to be imagined?

In EMDR, we help clients build resources for containment, a place to hold what feels too overwhelming.

In nature, that space already exists.

A hollow tree can hold a difficult memory.
A stone can carry something heavy, just for a moment.
A quiet clearing can become a place to pause and breathe.

We don’t create the container. We step into it. Sometimes, healing begins when we realize we don’t have to hold everything alone.

🔗 Experience EMDR in nature at actstherapist.com

What if your inner world didn’t have to stay inside?

In play therapy, we know that healing becomes more accessible when it can be externalized, seen, touched and experienced.

In nature, this happens in real time.

A fallen branch becomes a boundary. A rock holds strength. Leaves carry what we’re ready to release.

The environment becomes the language.

And suddenly, what was hard to say… can be expressed, explored and understood.

We don’t force the process. We give it form.

🌿 Experience therapy beyond the room
🔗 actstherapist.com

Left step.
Right step.
Left step.
Right step.

This is bilateral stimulation.

In EMDR, we use it to help the brain process and integrate difficult experiences.

In nature, the body often finds this rhythm on its own.

Walking the trail becomes part of the work.

Each step supports regulation.
Each step grounds the body.
Each step moves the process forward.

We’re not just talking about healing. We’re walking through it.

🔗 Experience EMDR in nature at actstherapist.com

What if the playroom didn’t have walls?

In Nature-Based EMDR, we step outside the office and into the forest.

The trees become the boundaries.
The trail becomes the process.
The earth holds what feels too heavy to carry alone.

We don’t leave the work behind. We expand the container.

🌿 Experience EMDR in nature
🔗 Learn more at actstherapist.com

What does a litter grabber in the woods have to do with trauma therapy?

During our EMDR Nature Trail, we translate the EMDR standard protocol into real-world experiences in the forest.

One skill we practice is distancing. Sometimes the stories we carry are hard to visit. In EMDR, distancing helps us approach difficult memories while maintaining enough space to tolerate them.

On the trail, we practice this in a tangible way. As we explore the woods, we may notice objects that spark curiosity but also hesitation. Instead of avoiding them, we use a litter grabber to explore from a safe distance. It’s a simple exercise that mirrors trauma work.

Just like the grabber allows us to interact with something safely in the environment, EMDR provides tools that help us approach difficult memories with support and stability.

Sometimes healing begins by learning how to approach something scary from a place of safety.

Learn more here: https://www.actstherapist.com/