19420 Golf Vista Plaze #330
Lansdowne, VA 20176
571-733-9736
Our healing center collaberates with the FamilyTherapy Center of Northern Virginia. www.FamilyTherapyNova.com
Welcome to The Willow's Crown
Continuing education for creative therapists of adult clients,
play therapists, and trauma-informed clinicians of teens
Creative trainings designed to support your work with children, teens, and adults.
We hold you, the therapist not just the clients you care for. Your clarity, steadiness, and growth matter too
5 Sand Tray Decisions That Change the Therapeutic Experience ...more than you think
Whether you're choosing your first sand tray or rethinking one you've used for years, the design of your sand tray space quietly shapes the therapeutic experience.
In this free short video, step inside four real sand tray rooms and discover why intentional design choices influence the therapeutic experience.
☀️ Tray height & placement: How height influences comfort, accessibility, and engagement.
☀️ Tray dimensions: When it makes sense to go beyond traditional recommendations.
☀️ Miniatures for teens & adults: What belongs...and what doesn't.
☀️ Alternative setups: Safety and practical considerations for ottomans, wooden chests, and more.
☀️ Real playrooms: A behind-the-scenes look at four therapeutic sand tray spaces and the clinical thinking behind their design.
👩🏾💻 👨🏻💻 On-Demand Continuing Education Courses
👩🏽🎓 Approved Continuing Education Providers by APT (#19-587) and NBCC (ACEP#7308)
Willow’s Crown offers two distinct training paths, each thoughtfully designed for the therapists they serve.
Whether your work centers on children and play therapy, teens and adults or you supervise, you will find creative, experiential trainings that respect the depth of your work and invite you to learn in a different way.
Learn in a Way that Fits Your Life
Self-paced trainings allow you to move through the material when it works for you.
Many are grounded in recorded experiential workshops, while others offer quieter, reflective book-study experiences. Whether you are brand new to creative approaches or have been using them for years, the material is broken into approachable pieces without watering down the depth.
👩🏽🎓 APT and NBCC Approved Provider
Bundle courses and save up to $45
Book Study Hybrid+ Continuing Education Series
What is a Hybrid Book Study?
📚 Read a book at your own pace.
✏️ As you go, either answer reflective writing prompts to tie the information back to the clincial topic or complete exam questions, depending on the course.
☀️ Along the way, you will also find supplemental learning materials, including short video clips, supplemental class videos, art prompts, experiential activities, and other resources designed to help the concepts come to life.
🤓 See individual book studies for details
👩🏽🎓 NBCC and APT Approved Provider
Experiential Continuing Education Workshops
Many of our live trainings are offered in a hybrid format, bringing together therapists in Northern Virginia and participants joining by livestream from across the country and beyond. Join Us Live, From Wherever You Are. 👩🏽🎓 APT and NBCC Approved Provider
In Person/Live Stream (ZOOM) Hybrid
Our in-person trainings are held in Loudoun County, Virginia, and the setting changes depending on what we are learning.
When a training calls for hands-on sand tray work, we open the doors to our therapy center and gather around one of our four sand trays, with online participants joining us live.
Other trainings are streamed from the private back room of a cozy coffee shop in Sterling, Virginia, creating the warm, conversational learning environment Willow’s Crown is known for.
Coming Soon!!
Mindfully Curated Sand Tray Kits:
By a Therapist, for Therapists
I have been collecting and using sand tray miniatures in my own therapy room for 30 + years, and I know how much time, money, and searching it can take to build a collection with real symbolic range.
These kits grew out of my own love of sand tray work and the belief that therapists should not have to hunt through dozens of stores to find the right pieces. Each collection is thoughtfully curated to give you a meaningful mix of miniatures that can support many different stories, experiences, and therapeutic themes.
Explore the three themes of miniatures below.
Have your favorite kit shipped right to your house with FREE SHIPPING (contiguous U.S.)
About Our Centers
Our healing community includes The Family Therapy Center and Willow’s Crown Center for Creative Training, located in Lansdowne, Virginia.
Together, these centers support healing and professional growth across the lifespan. We provide counseling for children, teens, and adults while also serving as a teaching facility, where interns train and grow with us for years as they develop their clinical skills.
Through Willow’s Crown Center, we offer continuing education for therapists across the United States and beyond. Our trainings are available both in person and virtually, and participants regularly join us from across the country and internationally.
At Willow’s Crown Center, we teach from the heart, weaving together connection, neuroscience, and creativity whenever possible.
Healing, self-care, and meaningful education are at the heart of everything we do.
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