ABSTRACT

The Routledge International Handbook of Sandplay Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of this therapeutic method, developed to provide a means of helping clients of all ages with mental suffering. The contributors, from a range of therapeutic and cultural backgrounds, demonstrate core theory and practice, and explore the implications of current neuroscientific research. The chapters illustrate the effectiveness of this seemingly simple psychotherapeutic tool in its contemporary applications. Split into six parts, this handbook considers:

  • Sandplay therapy in medicine
  • Sandplay with special populations
  • Sandplay in analysis and general practice
  • Adaptions of the Sandplay method in education
  • Sandplay and the spirit
  • Non-Jungian uses of the sand tray in therapeutic applications

Unique in scope and breadth, this handbook will appeal to academics and students of Jungian psychotherapy, as well as occupational therapists, art and play therapists, and all clinicians using Sandplay therapy as part of their professional practice.

chapter 1|32 pages

Introduction

What is Sandplay therapy?

part I|27 pages

Sandplay therapy in medicine

chapter 2|16 pages

Facing Death

Sandplay at the threshold

chapter 3|10 pages

Sandplay

A group therapy adaptation with in-patient eating disorder patients

part II|56 pages

Sandplay with special populations

chapter 4|11 pages

Sandplay Therapy in Nepal

Case studies of underprivileged children

chapter 5|14 pages

Cultural Crisis

Complex collective trauma and Sandplay therapy in the Bedouin population of Israel

part III|116 pages

Sandplay in analysis and general practice

chapter 8|16 pages

Sandplay

The language of two boys’ work to mend their early attachment wounds

chapter 9|13 pages

Growing Up with Andrew

A young boy’s discovery of Self in Sandplay

chapter 10|13 pages

Dissipating Anger and Defiance

The intrapsychic process of differentiation

chapter 12|17 pages

Healing Trauma Through Sandplay Therapy

A neuropsychological perspective

chapter 13|11 pages

Rikki’s Awakening

A journey of discovery of transgender

chapter 14|15 pages

Attuning to the Flow of Relational Energies in Sandplay

Healing complex trauma in adults

part IV|34 pages

Adaptations of the Sandplay method in education

chapter 15|10 pages

SandTray Play and Storytelling

A catalyst for imaginative thinking in children’s educational and emotional development

part VI|38 pages

Non-Jungian uses of the sand tray in therapeutic applications

chapter 21|11 pages

The Secret Garden

Use of the sand tray and figurines from an interpersonal neurobiological framework

chapter 22|11 pages

Sand Tray Therapy

A variety of approaches

chapter 23|2 pages

Conclusion