Dr. Olga Lipadatova is a Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Art Therapist, and Senior Teaching Member and Supervisor of both the Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy (CAST) and the International Society for Sandplay Therapy. She holds a PhD in Jungian Psychology and Sandplay Therapy from Concordia University in Quebec.
Lipadatova currently serves as Treasurer of ISST and is a Past President of CAST, where she also served as Vice-President and Board Representative. She is in private practice in Toronto and also practices internationally.
Her dual expertise in art therapy and sandplay therapy, grounded in a doctoral study of Jungian psychology, provides a rich integrative framework. She offers personal sandplay process to therapists in training, contributing to the next generation of sandplay practitioners.
Specialties
Depth orientation
PhD in Jungian Psychology and Sandplay Therapy, with dual practice in art therapy and sandplay. Her doctoral work directly addresses the theoretical intersection of Jungian thought and sandplay method.