Geri  Grubbs, Ph.D., LCSW, has been practicing depth psychology since 1987.  She is a psychotherapist, Jungian analyst and sandplay therapist.  With a doctorate in marriage, family and child therapy, and Washington and Oregon licenses in clinical social work, she works primarily with individual adults.  Geri is a 1998 graduate of the C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, and is a senior analyst on the board of the C. G. Jung Institute of Seattle.

Her training and experience includes child and adult sexual abuse treatment, crisis intervention, and therapy for a variety of emotional problems, including depression, bereavement, post-traumatic stress, life transitions and mid-life crises, and spiritual emergence/emergency. 

Geri maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Gaston, Oregon, and sees clients via telehealth from longer distances in Oregon and Washington, or as requested.

 In addition to her training as a Jungian analyst, Geri has studied with Dora Kalff, founder of sandplay therapy.  She is a certified member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapists (ISST) and Sandplay Therapists of America (STA), and has published “The Sandplay Categorical Checklist for Sandplay Analysis,” a research and training manual for sandplay and art therapists.  

Spirituality is an important aspect of Geri’s work, both personally and professionally.  She is a devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda, and is certified as a meditation teacher. 

Publications

Bereavement Dreaming and the Individuating Soul, Nicolas-Hays, Inc., Berwick, ME, (2004)

The Sandplay Categorical Checklist for Sandplay Analysis, Rubedo Publications, Woodinville, WA, (2005)          

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 2016, Vol. 25, No. 2, The Chakras in Sandplay Therapy             

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 2014, Vol. 23, No. 1, Engaging With the Archetypal Cat:  The Image of the Cat in Sandplay Therapy”       

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 2011, Vol. 20, No. 1, From the Cosmic Egg Springs Forth Eros: Deintegration-Reintegration in the Evolving Ego-Self Relationship

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 2007, Vol. XVI, No. 2, The Self and its Evolving Heaven and Hell Manifestations

The Arts in Psychotherapy, Summer 1995, Vol. 22, No. 5, A Comparative Analysis of the Sandplay Process of Sexually Abused and Nonclinical Children

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Winter 1994, Vol. IV, No. 1, Into the Wound:  The Psychic Healing of Abused Children

Clinical Social Work Journal, Summer 1994, Vol. 22, No. 2, An Abused Child’s Use of Sandplay in the Healing Process

Licensure and Certifications

• Certified Jungian Analyst
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Washington State
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Oregon State
• Certified member of International Society for Sandplay Therapists and Sandplay Therapists of America
• Certified Meditation Instructor

Affiliations and Links

• C.G. Jung Institute of Seattle – www.cgjis.com
• International Association for Analytical Psychology –  www.iaap.org
• Seattle Jung Society – www.jungseattle.org
• Sandplay Therapists of America – www.sandplay.org
• International Assoc. of Sandplay Therapists – www.isst-society.com