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A visit with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Licia Sky Lorraine Freedle

A visit with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Licia Sky

A special visit with Dr. Bessel van Kolk, renowned trauma expert and author of The Body Keeps the Score and Licia Sky, CEO of the Trauma Research Foundation while they were on a writing retreat to Hawai’i Island. We talked about sandplay, trauma, and the Read More

“Stories in the Sand” at 32nd Annual International Trauma Conference Lorraine Freedle

“Stories in the Sand” at 32nd Annual International Trauma Conference

The Trauma Research Foundation and Bessel van der Kolk would like to extend a warm invitation to the 32nd Annual Boston International Trauma Conference Psychological Trauma: Neuroscience, embodiment and the restoration of the self. It will be held online this year May 26th -…Read More

Gender Affirmative Sandplay: A story in a story… Lorraine Freedle

Gender Affirmative Sandplay: A story in a story…

Beautiful and textured piece on gender affirmative sandplay therapy by gifted writer and special friend, Alex Stitt. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/queer-counselor/202006/gender-affirmative-sandplay

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Sandplay-Thalamus Research Article in International Journal of Play Therapy Lorraine Freedle

Sandplay-Thalamus Research Article in International Journal of Play Therapy

The Effect of Sandplay Therapy on the Thalamus in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder” by Mariana Foo, Lorraine Freedle, Riryn Sani and Grace Fonda is now available! A true labor of love with my friends in Indonesia. Very exciting to have more sandplay studies…Read More