HKSTA June 2018 Study Group- “Wonderland”

Posted on June 7, 2018 by

June Study Group

After our extensive study on the characters in the story of The Wizard of Oz and how to apply them in the understanding of the process of individuation and hero journey, in our June Study Group, we would like to process another story which is easily mixed up with The Wizard of Oz. This story is Alice in Wonderland, and it is about a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. Our presentation will focus on the symbol of Wonderland. It is a place where the irrational, the “mad” creatures can actually have much to offer the heroine on her journey of development and greater consciousness. Sandplay case will be used for illustration.

HKSTA June 2018 Study Group
Symbol Study: “Wonderland”
Presenter: Carol Lo Chung Man
Date: June 26, 2018, Tuesday
Time: 7 – 9 pm
Venue: Room 301, 3/F., David House, 8-20 Nanking Street, Jordon, Kowloon. (Next to Jordan MTR Station Exit B)

This study group is only opened to members of Hong Kong Sandplay Therapy Association.

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May 2018 Study Group – “Tin Woodman” and “The Wicked from the West”

Posted on May 7, 2018 by

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In April, we had stud​ied​ the book “The Wizard of Oz” in our group. Many members participated and we had a good discussion. In May, we will continue to have ​further study on the two main characters of “The Wizard of Oz”: “The wicked from the West” and “Tin Woodman”​. They ​were chosen for understanding the archetypal theme on the Orphan and stepping into the path of individuation.

HKSTA May 2018 Study Group
Symbol Study: “Tin Woodman” and “The Wicked from the West”
Presenter: ​Carol Lo Chung Man, ​​Bhakta Ng Wing Yan​​
Date: May 29, 2018, Tuesday
Time: 7 – 9 pm
Venue: Room 301, 3/F., David House, 8-20 Nanking Street, Jordon, Kowloon. (Next to Jordan MTR Station Exit B)

“Tin Woodman” — No heart…All hallow’ This sparks Tin Woodman, a character from a story ‘The Wizard of Oz’, to join Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road and start his self-discovering journey. In the story, Tin Woodman always wants to restore his lost-heart as he thinks he cannot love and to be loved without a heart. Although he has no physical heart, he is the most caring and compassionate character. In this study group, we will study the transformational journey of Tin Woodman and explore the symbolic meaning he carried.

“The Wicked from the West” – by the new version written by Gregory Maguire, the wicked was offered a new name called Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West. She is a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil. Indeed, she wasn’t so wicked after all. She was just an orphan and alone for exploring what were the good and bad within herself.

If you do not have the book “Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”, you can get it through the link below:

https://www.bookdepository.com/Wicked-Gregory-Maguire/9780061350962?ref=grid-view&qid=1523428632937&sr=1-1

This study group is only opened to members of Hong Kong Sandplay Therapy Association.

 

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April Study Group – Book Study: The Wisdom of Oz

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

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We are going to study the book: “The Wisdom of Oz — Reflections of a Jungian Sandplay Therapist” by Dorothy Gita Morena in our April 2018 Study Group.

Book Study: The Wisdom of Oz — Reflections of a Jungian Sandplay Therapist by Dorothy Gita Morena
Presenter: Bhakta Ng Wing Yan
Date: April 24, 2018
Time: 7 to 9 pm
Venue: Room AC-1 Y5-111, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong. (Room AC-1 Y5-111 is near student canteen, please take lift 9)

This book study will focus on the archetypal theme of hero’s journey using the book “The Wisdom of Oz” by Dr. Morena. Current local sandplay therapy case will be used as illustration. Dr. Morena is a sandplay therapist and the great grand-daughter of L. Frank Baum, the writer of the famous book “The Wizard of Oz”. In her book, Dr. Morena explored the power of fairy tale and imagery from Oz in order to stimulate the imagination and to activate emotional healing. She also demonstrated how the main character Dorothy’s experiences in Oz resembles the struggles inherent in Carl Jung’s individuation process.

If you do not have the book, you can get it through the link below:
https://www.bookdepository.com/author/Dorothy-Gita-Morena-Ph-D

This study group is only opened to members of Hong Kong Sandplay Therapy Association.

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Notice for the Seventh Annual General Meeting, 2018

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

This is to inform you of the Seventh Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Hong Kong Sandplay Therapy Association to be held on 24 March 2018 at 7:00pm. It will be followed by a Study Group. The meeting will be held at the Season Commercial Building, 5/F, 3 Humphreys Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

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March Study Group – Dreams and Sandplay Therapy

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

Our seventh AGM will be held on March 24, 2018. We are honored to have invited Dr. Alexander Esterhuyzen to give a talk on Dreams and Sandplay Therapy after the AGM meeting.

Jung states in Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, “…our dreams are like windows that allow us to look in, or to listen in to that psychological process which is continually going on in our unconscious” (Jung 1934, p. 236). The unconscious expresses itself through dreams and sandplay images in sandplay processes which are not entirely under conscious control, and they both activate inner resources as well as facilitating a “dialogue” with the unconscious. This is why both dreams and sandplay process are important in working with clients in our clinical practice.

Topic: Dreams and Sandplay Therapy
Presenter: Dr. Alexander Esterhuyzen, Senior (Jungian) Analyst, IGAP; Certified Sandplay Therapist and Teaching Member, ISST; President, ISST
Date: March 24, 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Venue: The Progression Psychological Practice, Season Commercial Building, 5/F., 3 Humphreys Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

This study group is only opened to members of Hong Kong Sandplay Therapy Association. Reply to this email if you plan to join this group on or before 17 March, 2018. As seats are limited, please reply early.

We are looking forward to your participation.

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February 2018 Study Group: Anger in Sandplay Therapy

Posted on January 2, 2018 by

We are going to study the journal article “Archetypal Anger in Sandplay Therapy” by Tadashi Maeda in our February 2018 Study Group.

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HKSTA February 2018 Study Group
Journal Article Study: Anger in Sandplay Therapy
Presenter: May Liu
Date: February 2, 2018, Friday
Time: 7 – 9 pm
Venue: Room 301, 3/F., David House, 8-20 Nanking Street, Jordon, Kolwoon. (Next to Jordan MTR Station Exit B)

Author of this journal article stated that anger sometimes becomes significant emotion in sandplay therapy, and the importance of the therapists as “wounded healers” in confronting clients’ anger and negative emotions. The author explores this subject through clinical study based on analytical psychology, Bushido and Buddhism with two clinical cases involving difficulty in expressing negative angry emotion. I will present clincal case using sandplay to facilitate our learning on this subject.

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January 2018 Study Group – Gargoyles

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

We are going to study “Gargoyles” in our January 2018 Study Group.

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HKSTA January 2018 Study Group
Symbol Study: Gargoyles – West and East
Presenter: Jennifer Wong Chi Mei
Date: January 23, 2018, Tuesday
Time: 7 – 9 pm
Venue: YL Workshop, 7A Wing Lok Mansion, 160 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (Sheung Wan MTR Exit A1)

A dark, ugly, scary winged dragon-like beastly figure, crouching at a corner of the shelf peering down as if waiting for its next prey… this was Jennifer’s experience during her first sandplay personal process session. Jennifer is going to share her quest of this demon looking figure which she didn’t even recognize as a symbol of protection from the very beginning. Modern sculptor have shaped gargoyles into contemporary characters such as Darth Vader. Hiding in this shadowy figure must bore some of our projections and we invite you to join us to explore this intriguing symbol.

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