Sandplay, The Sacred Healing: A Guide to Symbolic Process (1997, Trance-Sand-Dance Press: Taos) has been described as "inspiring" by a reviewer for the National Board of Certified Counselors and that "the authors give us nourishment for our minds, our hearts and our souls" by Jungian analyst Kay Bradway, Ph.D. "The book contains wisdom acquired through years of study, research, clinical work, psychological theory and self-examination. I treasure this book and will put it on the top of my "must read" list for new and practicing therapists" stated an MFCC and a member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy. 'The photographs and charts were excellent aids in contributing to my understanding of this complex subject. I have been shown "how to tend my own garden" by the authors' gentle therapeutic hands and wish to continue it by using this book." commented a Certified Special Education Teacher. "Wonderful presentation, important for all clinical psychologists who work with children, adolescents and adults," stated a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. "This really is the best and possibly only primer. As a sandplay therapist of many years, I am deeply impressed with the straightforward, useful and intelligble language." stated a Social Worker.
Kate Amatruda, MFT, ISST teaches sandplay therapy in the Extended Education departments of UC Berkeley and Santa Cruz and Sonoma State University. She is a teaching and founding member of Sandplay Therapists of America and a teaching member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapists.
Phoenix Helm Simpson,MFT, LMFT has extensive experience teaching and using sandplay therapy with multicultural communities in California and New Mexico. She has taught for Antioch University, San Francisco. Her style of sandplay includes communities and the expressive arts.