Sand Tray Therapy in Kansas City
A Creative and Powerful Way to Explore What Words Can’t Always Say
Sand tray therapy is a unique, imaginative, and deeply therapeutic approach that helps clients of all ages, children, teens, and adults, explore their inner experiences. It’s especially helpful for those who may struggle with traditional talk therapy or find it difficult to verbalize complex emotions.
Using a wide range of miniatures and symbolic objects, clients create scenes in the sand that reflect their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. This process helps make the invisible visible, giving shape to emotions and stories that are hard to express with words.
How Sand Tray Therapy Helps
As a sand tray therapist in Kansas City, I’ve seen how powerful this approach can be for healing, insight, and emotional growth. Sand tray therapy is often used to support clients who are:
Working through trauma (both simple and complex)
Experiencing anxiety, fear, or emotional overwhelm
Processing grief or life transitions
Exploring questions of identity, self-worth, and purpose
Struggling with regulation or communication
Feeling stuck in therapy and needing a new way forward
This approach is especially effective for children who have difficulty articulating big emotions, but it’s equally powerful for teens and adults who feel blocked, disconnected, or hesitant to open up in more traditional therapy settings.
What to Expect in Sand Tray Therapy
In a typical session, you’ll have access to a curated collection of miniatures - figures, symbols, structures, animals, and more. You’ll be invited to arrange these in a tray of sand in whatever way feels right. There’s no wrong way to do it.
As your therapist, I don’t “interpret” your sand tray, I simply support you in exploring what comes up for you as you create. The process often leads to powerful insights, emotional breakthroughs, and a sense of clarity and calm.
Why Clients Choose Sand Tray Therapy
Clients often tell me that sand tray feels more freeing, less pressured, and more creative than other forms of therapy. It’s a way to engage both the mind and body in healing, and it often opens doors to conversations and realizations that might otherwise be missed.
If you’re searching for a therapist that does sand tray in Kansas City, I offer this service as part of a larger, personalized approach to mental health. Sand tray can be integrated into ongoing therapy or offered as a focused intervention.
Let's Begin the Journey
Whether you’re a parent seeking sand tray therapy for your child, a teen navigating identity and emotional growth, or an adult looking for a new way to connect with yourself, this space is for you.
New clients will receive a consultation phone call before their appointment is approved.