Congratulations May!
We are excited to announce that Ms. May Liu has become our new ISST Certified Sandplay Therapist
Dear HKSTA members,
We congratulate Ms. May Liu Yun Fung on becoming the eighth locally trained ISST Certified Sandplay Therapist in Hong Kong.
May is a Registered Social Worker at the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and holds a Master's degree in Counseling. She is also a US Registered Play Therapist (RPT) and a Hong Kong Registered EMDR Therapist. Her clinical approach integrates structural therapeutic work with the symbolic healing of the unconscious. During her certification process, she was supervised and advised by Ms. Lenore Steinhardt.
May is an active member of HKSTA, dedicating her time to promoting sandplay therapy and supporting professional growth within the community. She has served on the Executive Committee for twelve years (2014–2026).
May has also contributed to the field's literature based on Jungian and Kalffian traditions. She authored her first symbol paper on the Greek Goddess, Artemis, and published a second symbol paper, "The birdcage in sandplay therapy: From confinement to freedom," in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Vol. 34, No. 2 (2025). Her final case study for certification, titled "Sandplay and the Alchemical Odyssey: A Ten-Year Passage from Matriarchal Containment to the Sovereign Masculine," documents a 10-year clinical process.
We are proud to celebrate this milestone with her. HKSTA supports members who are working toward certification and will continue to offer programs to facilitate this process.
Best regards,
Hong Kong Sandplay Therapy Association (HKSTA)
