Reviews from Students :
" Miriam Ahuva is a mystical goddess whose energy flows towards the connection of all humanity. She intertwines all that she has learned and all of who she is - portraying loving kindness and no judgement. Experiencing being in that space has allowed me to embody both skill and understanding of what it truly means to be a holder. Sandtray is a modality that accesses the subconscious. It’s a means for expression and awareness of one’s worries and doubts - without having to find words. Specifically in areas of trauma and abuse, Sandtray provides a medium of communication way more vast than words will ever do. Miriam Ahuva abides by ethical protocol both as a professor and in her practice. She models professional boundaries, confidentiality and humility- integral values for her trainees to absorb. I began the training as one clinician and emerged as another. The transformation and its opportunities are something I wish to now pass on to my clients- using the power of the sandtray."
Raizel Rosen, LMSW
"Miriam Ahuva Schecter's Sandtray trainings has totally deepened my sand work. The flow, experience, and follow through during her training is invaluable and impossible to get anywhere else and I have been to more than 100 trainings in my life!
I feel that any Therapist who wants to learn about sandtray and expressive therapies MUST take these courses of training!!
Sincerely,
Chaim Winter LCSW, RPTS , SEP.
Raizel Rosen, LMSW
"Miriam Ahuva Schecter's Sandtray trainings has totally deepened my sand work. The flow, experience, and follow through during her training is invaluable and impossible to get anywhere else and I have been to more than 100 trainings in my life!
I feel that any Therapist who wants to learn about sandtray and expressive therapies MUST take these courses of training!!
Sincerely,
Chaim Winter LCSW, RPTS , SEP.
"I am in awe of the growth I experienced after the sandtray trainings. Mrs. Schecter is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about her work. Her presentation style pulls you into the process. The training was very experiential which gave me a real feel of the power of Sandtray. These trainings are very different then other trainings. I was not only given a clear understanding of the theory and knowledge, I was actually able to "feel" the deep process of using sand and water to access the unconscious mind and facilitate healing. I was also able to witness amongst my peers how this modality can heal deep scars of trauma and abuse in just one or two sessions!!
The training helped me access deeper places of empathy, even while doing talk therapy. Your sessions will not be the same after undergoing this training."
Chaim Frid, LCSW.
"This immersive training will transform the way you perform therapy. Mrs. Schecter's dynamic personality, vast experience, and teaching style masterfully integrates the humanistic and relational modalities into the sand tray.
Joining this group allowed me to experience the essence of healing through sand and water, in a deep, authentic and empathic manner."
Hershel Sabel, MSW.
The training helped me access deeper places of empathy, even while doing talk therapy. Your sessions will not be the same after undergoing this training."
Chaim Frid, LCSW.
"This immersive training will transform the way you perform therapy. Mrs. Schecter's dynamic personality, vast experience, and teaching style masterfully integrates the humanistic and relational modalities into the sand tray.
Joining this group allowed me to experience the essence of healing through sand and water, in a deep, authentic and empathic manner."
Hershel Sabel, MSW.
Sandtray- What a revelation! I am grateful to Hashem for introducing it to me. It's depth is amazing, it's processing and healing capabilities are beyond what I ever experienced. It has taken me to greater dimensions of any prior exposure.
The presenter, Miriam Ahuva Schecter, is a step above whatever I had encountered. Her teaching style is outstanding, it is full of depth, as well as organized and clear in content. What stands out more than the actual teaching is her passion for Sandtray, for that is the greatest motivator. This training has influenced my entire approach to therapy.
I am confident that this modality will assist all Therapists in their work of healing all those that are seeking recovery and growth.
E. Fasten
"I am excited to have learned a modality that will allow my clients to explore their inner conflicts and life struggles in a safe and secure manner. I can now help my clients reach internal domains that they were not able to reach through traditional "Talk Therapy". In the training, I was able to experience the difference and witness how sandtray intensified the expression of emotions. While standard talk therapy would have been too risky and unbearable to access the trauma, it was clear how having the 'safe and secure" space of the sand world, gently opened the doors that would've been shut forever.
Miriam Ahuva Schecter's experiential teaching style is rich and creative. She provides the tools to guide you on how to help your clients work through the most severe abuse and pain and help them reach emotional regulation and healing.
Berish Beck
"As a clinician, I would encourage other clinicians and mental health professionals to participate in this amazing sandtray training by Miriam Ahuva Schecter. Her training is extremely valuable and important in healing the unconscious part of the human mind and body. Her training taught me a new path to connect and heal early age trauma through the power of sand and water. I'm sure that this model will enhance my work to help people in pain, and encourage the resisting clients who cannot deal with their emotional turmoil.
This training has impacted me both professionally and personally in my life. Thank you Hashem for sending such messengers to help our community in pain, and thank you Mrs. Schecter for taking the time, effort and courage to train my colleagues and myself, and helping me enjoy my new journey. "
Mendel Bineth, MSW
"As a Sandtray and Child Therapist I took Miriam Ahuva's Sandtray and Art workshops. Each one enhanced my professional skills and allowed me achieve concrete results with my clients. Miriam Ahuva's skills and clinical knowledge and years of experience, were expertly imparted in each workshop. Her ability to relate to each student on their level and to be sensitive to their process was felt by all. I especially appreciated the experiential component, as I was clearly able to practice all the clinical skills taught and then have my peers provide constructive feedback. This truly helped me evaluate myself as a clinician and fine tune all my skills. I also enjoyed the various methods of teaching, as they are both innovative and motivational. I not only learnt many clincal skills but always finished a workshop feeling renewed and supported and excited to go back to my clients and implement the new skills! I also appreciate that I can follow up with Miriam Ahuva with clinical supervision sessions. This allows me to review my questions and concerns with my clients. I am eager for the next training on Social Skills and can't wait to attend !"
Susan Frid, LCSW
"Miriam Ahuva's sandtray training not only gave me powerful techniques to help my clients heal, but has changed the way I am as a therapist. Each level of the training taught valuable sandtray techniques, in addition to providing insightful skills that are crucial to all therapists. I especially appreciated the training on transference and countertransference, a topic unfortunately so neglected in many other trainings. Additionally, Miriam Ahuva's clinical supervision has provided me with guidance on how to support my clients' healing and she has guided me in navigating complex challenges. The trainings and clinical supervision have made me a more thoughtful, reflective, and confident therapist. I highly recommend the sandtray trainings to all therapists."
Esther Ungar, LMSW
Miriam's Sandtray training has been life changing to my career!!
There are no words to describe the wisdom, knowledge, and tools that are taught in her four level certification program. You will leave feeling confident and knowledgable in how to do deep healing work with your clients.
Yael F. LMSW
Miriam Ahuva Schecter exhibits vast knowledge and depth through her sandtray experiential training. Her skills and expertise set the tone for me to learn, experience and deepen my own healing experience. I look forward to being an effective holder for my clients. The experiential piece was amazing and Miriam's ability to use her self in her live role plays and be vulnerable was so effective and influential.
Estee Salczer, LMSW
I learned the power and value of minimizing "loud noise" such as words and utilizing "silence" as the greatest tool of connection and growth in the therapeutic process. I found building worlds both in the training and inbetween with lab hours helped solidify and amplify my transformation. Thank you Miriam Ahuva for this amazing opportunity of self growth!!
Elisheva Deutsch, LAP
No words can adequately express the "Miriam Ahuva Schecter Original Sandtray Experience". The Debby that signed up to this training is not the same person!! That I am leaving with growth in humility, professionalism and sensitivity are just a fraction of the many many bonus gifts that I am taking home.
Pablo Picasso said : " The meaning of life is to find your gift , and the purpose of life is to give it away!!"
Thank you Miriam Ahuva for sharing your gift!!!
Debby Altman, LMSW
Miriam Ahuva's training is not only comprehensive educationally , it is also enlightening, inspirational and entertaining!!!
I have gained so much knowledge and now have a strong desire to do more!!
Frayda Frid, LSW
Sandtray is a therapeutic modality that is best understood through experiencing it. The four levels offered me the capacity to grasp what Sandtray Therapy is all about through building worlds and experiencing being held and holding others. This was an extraordinary healing experience. I highly recommend for those looking for deep healing for themselves and their patients to attend this training. I have now been able to expand my practice utilizing the skills and techinques that I have acquired through the Sandtray certification program.
Miriam Ahuva is an incredible Therapist and Teacher !! She is dynamic and knowledgable and deeply compassionate.
Rikki Herbst, LCSW, MED
Wow!!! What an amazing training ! Not a minute of being bored. I was so enthralled by the way Miriam Ahuva inspires us to do our own countertransference healing work and bravely shares her experiences. This experiential piece of her training where I was able to observe how she transforms her healing to heal others is truly fascinating and has changed my life forever!!
Adina Rauer, LSW
The sandtray workshop by Miriam Schechter is a training for clinicians of experiencing the theory, methods, and treatments of sandtray therapy, this is so they are really competent in serving their client's journey to healing.
Sandtray therapy is unique and powerful where the client has a silent, relaxed safe place and the therapist is an emotional holder. The client can naturally explore consciously or unconsciously any of his/her life experiences and emotions without any interruption.
Furthermore, the play itself is the healer many times, and the client doesn't need to talk at all.
The talking process in sandtray therapy differs from general talking therapy in many aspects. 1) It's integrating body movements, body sensations, imagination, thinking, memory, and processing emotions. 2) The sand and objects help the client to make his/her life experiences as subjective, so it's easier to process. 3) The chance to be interrupted and misunderstood by the therapist is much lower, as the therapy begins with the stage of play, and only after play is the talking stage which is split into 3 more stages, mirroring the building, reflecting the client's wards, and deepening.
It was a pleasure to join this training which has helped me tremendously in my practice with clients of all ages!!
Moishe Mann - Social Work Intern
The presenter, Miriam Ahuva Schecter, is a step above whatever I had encountered. Her teaching style is outstanding, it is full of depth, as well as organized and clear in content. What stands out more than the actual teaching is her passion for Sandtray, for that is the greatest motivator. This training has influenced my entire approach to therapy.
I am confident that this modality will assist all Therapists in their work of healing all those that are seeking recovery and growth.
E. Fasten
"I am excited to have learned a modality that will allow my clients to explore their inner conflicts and life struggles in a safe and secure manner. I can now help my clients reach internal domains that they were not able to reach through traditional "Talk Therapy". In the training, I was able to experience the difference and witness how sandtray intensified the expression of emotions. While standard talk therapy would have been too risky and unbearable to access the trauma, it was clear how having the 'safe and secure" space of the sand world, gently opened the doors that would've been shut forever.
Miriam Ahuva Schecter's experiential teaching style is rich and creative. She provides the tools to guide you on how to help your clients work through the most severe abuse and pain and help them reach emotional regulation and healing.
Berish Beck
"As a clinician, I would encourage other clinicians and mental health professionals to participate in this amazing sandtray training by Miriam Ahuva Schecter. Her training is extremely valuable and important in healing the unconscious part of the human mind and body. Her training taught me a new path to connect and heal early age trauma through the power of sand and water. I'm sure that this model will enhance my work to help people in pain, and encourage the resisting clients who cannot deal with their emotional turmoil.
This training has impacted me both professionally and personally in my life. Thank you Hashem for sending such messengers to help our community in pain, and thank you Mrs. Schecter for taking the time, effort and courage to train my colleagues and myself, and helping me enjoy my new journey. "
Mendel Bineth, MSW
"As a Sandtray and Child Therapist I took Miriam Ahuva's Sandtray and Art workshops. Each one enhanced my professional skills and allowed me achieve concrete results with my clients. Miriam Ahuva's skills and clinical knowledge and years of experience, were expertly imparted in each workshop. Her ability to relate to each student on their level and to be sensitive to their process was felt by all. I especially appreciated the experiential component, as I was clearly able to practice all the clinical skills taught and then have my peers provide constructive feedback. This truly helped me evaluate myself as a clinician and fine tune all my skills. I also enjoyed the various methods of teaching, as they are both innovative and motivational. I not only learnt many clincal skills but always finished a workshop feeling renewed and supported and excited to go back to my clients and implement the new skills! I also appreciate that I can follow up with Miriam Ahuva with clinical supervision sessions. This allows me to review my questions and concerns with my clients. I am eager for the next training on Social Skills and can't wait to attend !"
Susan Frid, LCSW
"Miriam Ahuva's sandtray training not only gave me powerful techniques to help my clients heal, but has changed the way I am as a therapist. Each level of the training taught valuable sandtray techniques, in addition to providing insightful skills that are crucial to all therapists. I especially appreciated the training on transference and countertransference, a topic unfortunately so neglected in many other trainings. Additionally, Miriam Ahuva's clinical supervision has provided me with guidance on how to support my clients' healing and she has guided me in navigating complex challenges. The trainings and clinical supervision have made me a more thoughtful, reflective, and confident therapist. I highly recommend the sandtray trainings to all therapists."
Esther Ungar, LMSW
Miriam's Sandtray training has been life changing to my career!!
There are no words to describe the wisdom, knowledge, and tools that are taught in her four level certification program. You will leave feeling confident and knowledgable in how to do deep healing work with your clients.
Yael F. LMSW
Miriam Ahuva Schecter exhibits vast knowledge and depth through her sandtray experiential training. Her skills and expertise set the tone for me to learn, experience and deepen my own healing experience. I look forward to being an effective holder for my clients. The experiential piece was amazing and Miriam's ability to use her self in her live role plays and be vulnerable was so effective and influential.
Estee Salczer, LMSW
I learned the power and value of minimizing "loud noise" such as words and utilizing "silence" as the greatest tool of connection and growth in the therapeutic process. I found building worlds both in the training and inbetween with lab hours helped solidify and amplify my transformation. Thank you Miriam Ahuva for this amazing opportunity of self growth!!
Elisheva Deutsch, LAP
No words can adequately express the "Miriam Ahuva Schecter Original Sandtray Experience". The Debby that signed up to this training is not the same person!! That I am leaving with growth in humility, professionalism and sensitivity are just a fraction of the many many bonus gifts that I am taking home.
Pablo Picasso said : " The meaning of life is to find your gift , and the purpose of life is to give it away!!"
Thank you Miriam Ahuva for sharing your gift!!!
Debby Altman, LMSW
Miriam Ahuva's training is not only comprehensive educationally , it is also enlightening, inspirational and entertaining!!!
I have gained so much knowledge and now have a strong desire to do more!!
Frayda Frid, LSW
Sandtray is a therapeutic modality that is best understood through experiencing it. The four levels offered me the capacity to grasp what Sandtray Therapy is all about through building worlds and experiencing being held and holding others. This was an extraordinary healing experience. I highly recommend for those looking for deep healing for themselves and their patients to attend this training. I have now been able to expand my practice utilizing the skills and techinques that I have acquired through the Sandtray certification program.
Miriam Ahuva is an incredible Therapist and Teacher !! She is dynamic and knowledgable and deeply compassionate.
Rikki Herbst, LCSW, MED
Wow!!! What an amazing training ! Not a minute of being bored. I was so enthralled by the way Miriam Ahuva inspires us to do our own countertransference healing work and bravely shares her experiences. This experiential piece of her training where I was able to observe how she transforms her healing to heal others is truly fascinating and has changed my life forever!!
Adina Rauer, LSW
The sandtray workshop by Miriam Schechter is a training for clinicians of experiencing the theory, methods, and treatments of sandtray therapy, this is so they are really competent in serving their client's journey to healing.
Sandtray therapy is unique and powerful where the client has a silent, relaxed safe place and the therapist is an emotional holder. The client can naturally explore consciously or unconsciously any of his/her life experiences and emotions without any interruption.
Furthermore, the play itself is the healer many times, and the client doesn't need to talk at all.
The talking process in sandtray therapy differs from general talking therapy in many aspects. 1) It's integrating body movements, body sensations, imagination, thinking, memory, and processing emotions. 2) The sand and objects help the client to make his/her life experiences as subjective, so it's easier to process. 3) The chance to be interrupted and misunderstood by the therapist is much lower, as the therapy begins with the stage of play, and only after play is the talking stage which is split into 3 more stages, mirroring the building, reflecting the client's wards, and deepening.
It was a pleasure to join this training which has helped me tremendously in my practice with clients of all ages!!
Moishe Mann - Social Work Intern