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Join Our Team of Professional Sandplay Therapists

NMSS Board Members

KAREN WHEELER, LCSW, RPT-S, CST-T
PRESIDENT

 

LUANNE LEE, LPCC,LPAT,CST-T
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR

 

BONNIE MILLER, LPCC, RSP
TREASURER

 

MARY JANE ZIMMERMAN, LPCC, AST
SECRETARY

BOARD MEMBERS

SALLY CARLON, LPCC, RSP

 

KENNETH GOODROW, MS, LPCC,RSP
 

NADIA HAROON, MPS, LMHC

 

YON WALLS, MA, LMFT

 

MEMBERSHIP

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NMSS invites you to join our organization. It is open to members of the Sandplay community and to those in the helping professions who wish to learn more about Sandplay

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

  1. Networking opportunities with Sandplay therapists.
  2. Discounted conference fees for NMSS sponsored events.
  3. Free admission to Sand Dialogues, a quarterly gathering of Sandplay therapists to study and discuss important topics in Sandplay.
  4. CEU’s are approved through the NM Counseling and Social Work Boards for all NMSS sponsored events, including Sand Dialogues.
  5. Opportunity to support the goals of NMSS, STA, and ISST.
Membership Type

Membership fees are $40 per year, or $25 for students

  1. If you are interested in becoming a member, please download and fill out the membership form by clicking here
  2. Please return all application forms with checks to:
    New Mexico Sandplay Society
    PO Box 8328 Albuquerque, NM 87198
  3. Or complete on-line form and pay here.

 

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IN MEMORY

NMSS recognizes former members who contributed immeasurably to the New Mexico sandplay community.

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RUTH SUSAN MACNOFSKY CST-T Founding Member STA, NMSS

1935-2019

RUTH SUSAN MACNOFSKY

CST-T. Founding Member STA, NMSS

1935-2019

Susan, described as the “Mother of Sandplay in New Mexico,” did her process work, training and consultation with Cecil Burney until his death, then worked directly with Dora Kalff in Switzerland.  Susan was a founding member of Sandplay Therapists of America and worked with clients in San Diego.  She began providing sandplay process to New Mexico therapists while still living in San Diego and maintained two sandplay practices for a couple of years.  Following her relocation to New Mexico in 1992, she continued providing process, training, and consultation to the growing group of sandplay therapists.  She was instrumental in founding New Mexico Sandplay Society.

Susan’s life was one of love and passion, of adventure and deep meaning, of creativity and keen intellect, of wisdom and determination.  Susan was passionate about Kalffian sandplay.  In addition to working with therapists, Susan worked with and accompanied clients as they moved toward personal healing, growth and transformation.  Susan’s daughter Robin shares the memory of Susan suiting up to scuba dive, preparing to explore the wonders of the undersea world.  She relates this to Susan’s work in sandplay where Susan accompanied her clients through the depths of their psyches toward healing and transformation.  Susan practiced and taught Kalffian sandplay, with its focus on providing the free and protected space, acknowledging a spiritual source, and emphasizing experiences and heart. She was also an artist and art therapist and continued creating art throughout her years as a therapist and teacher.

We will miss Susan and her wisdom even as we carry on her legacy.  May her memory be a blessing.

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VALARIE JUERLING Sandplay Practitioner

1964-2018

 

VALARIE JUERLING, Sandplay Pracitioner
1964 – 2018

Valarie was a beloved member of our New Mexico sandplay family, serving on the board of the New Mexico Sandplay Society, sharing her humor, wisdom, insight and clear vision. She participated in and presented at sand dialogues, most notably a sand dialogue on the honeybee, during which she shared the transformative attributes of the honeybee which invite order and self-regulation into states of chaos and overwhelm. These are attributes which she herself exhibited, both professionally and personally. Her compassion and concern for others led to their healing their wounds, nourishing their spirits, and re-vitalizing their lives.

Valarie trained in Kalffian sandplay which she used for over two decades in different states, most recently in New Mexico, where she was in private practice in Los Alamos. Approximately half of her clients were active in sandplay. Along with her deep knowledge and understanding of sandplay, Valarie’s infectious smile and sunny disposition enhanced the lives of those whom she touched.

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MARY MURRAY CST-T

1953-2004

 

MARY MURRAY, CST-T
1953 – 2004

Mary was one of the early sandplay therapists in New Mexico, helping to develop our sandplay community.  She was a founding member of the New Mexico Sandplay Society and was on the NMSS board, serving as treasurer.  Mary also served on the national board of Sandplay Therapists of America.  Her article Bones was published in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Volume V, Number 1, 1995.

Mary’s laughter and gregarious nature endeared her to those around her.
Her work as a sandplay therapist demonstrated her deep ability to witness and hold her clients, leading to the transformation of the lives of many adults and children. Mary was an excellent therapist, an outstanding teacher, and a perceptive and supportive consultant/supervisor. She freely shared her love of life, her love of family and friends, and her love of sandplay.

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