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Dr. Roz Heiko
Let Me Introduce You to Dr. Roz
Dr. Roz, RPT-S, REST-C/T, ISST-TM (USA), CST-T, is a psychologist, Sandplay teacher, Registered Sand Therapist-Teacher/Consultant, and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S™) who trains therapists nationally and internationally. She has served on the Executive Board of the Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) and is currently the President and a Founding Board Member of the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.
She directs Pediatric & Family Psychology, P.A., in Cary, North Carolina, and has been working with children, adolescents, and families professionally since 1983. Dr. Roz is the author of A Therapist’s Guide to Mapping the Girl Heroine’s Journey in Sandplay (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), and co-editor and author of Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies (Routledge, 2022) with Janet C. Courtney. She also contributed a chapter to The Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy: Stories of Healing and Transformation (Routledge, 2021), and has published chapters in works edited by Eliana Gil, Janet Courtney, Rita Grayson & Theresa Fraser, Lynn Wonders, and Eric Green.
To Access Some of Dr. Roz’s Brilliance
Here are just a few of the ways Roz has shaped the field through her writing, teaching, and leadership:
– Developed the Credentialing Program for www.worldsandtherapy.org
– Wrote the Foreword for Lynn Wonders’ upcoming 2025 book, Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy for Children and Families
– Contributed a chapter on Kalffian Sandplay in the 2024 book Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families, edited by Lynn Wonders and Mary Affee
– Served as co-editor alongside Janet Courtney and Lynn Wonders for the 2022 book Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies
– Co-authored the 2019 Play Therapy Magazine article “Jungian Analytic Play Therapy” with J. P. Lilly
– Authored the 2018 book A Therapist’s Guide to Mapping the Heroine’s Journey in Sandplay, published by Rowman & Littlefield
Connect with Dr. Roz
Website: www.drheiko.com
Training & Credentialing: www.worldsandtherapy.org
Facebook: Dr. Roz Play Therapy & Sandplay Training
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Let Me Introduce You to Dr. Roz
Dr. Roz, RPT-S, REST-C/T, ISST-TM (USA), CST-T, is a psychologist, Sandplay teacher, Registered Sand Therapist-Teacher/Consultant, and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S™) who trains therapists nationally and internationally. She has served on the Executive Board of the Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) and is currently the President and a Founding Board Member of the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.
She directs Pediatric & Family Psychology, P.A., in Cary, North Carolina, and has been working with children, adolescents, and families professionally since 1983. Dr. Roz is the author of A Therapist’s Guide to Mapping the Girl Heroine’s Journey in Sandplay (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), and co-editor and author of Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies (Routledge, 2022) with Janet C. Courtney. She also contributed a chapter to The Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy: Stories of Healing and Transformation (Routledge, 2021), and has published chapters in works edited by Eliana Gil, Janet Courtney, Rita Grayson & Theresa Fraser, Lynn Wonders, and Eric Green.
To Access Some of Dr. Roz’s Brilliance
Here are just a few of the ways Roz has shaped the field through her writing, teaching, and leadership:
– Developed the Credentialing Program for www.worldsandtherapy.org
– Wrote the Foreword for Lynn Wonders’ upcoming 2025 book, Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy for Children and Families
– Contributed a chapter on Kalffian Sandplay in the 2024 book Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families, edited by Lynn Wonders and Mary Affee
– Served as co-editor alongside Janet Courtney and Lynn Wonders for the 2022 book Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies
– Co-authored the 2019 Play Therapy Magazine article “Jungian Analytic Play Therapy” with J. P. Lilly
– Authored the 2018 book A Therapist’s Guide to Mapping the Heroine’s Journey in Sandplay, published by Rowman & Littlefield