Sandtray therapy can be helpful for kids and adults alike. These resources were recommended by therapists who practice sandtray.
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Sandplay and Storytelling: The Impact of Imaginative Thinking on Children’s Learning and Development by
Combining the fields of child psychology and child education, this groundbreaking work explores how engaging children in Jungian sandplay therapy and imaginative storytelling can improve classroom performance and to increase intelligence scores. Written by child specialists, it makes a solid argument for the necessary consideration of the unconscious and the inner world of the individual child in learning and advocates that curriculum design for children must include both imaginative therapeutic play and active attention to children’s emotional needs. Educators, psychotherapists, and concerned parents alike will find this book informative and useful.
The Handbook of Sandplay Therapyby
The theoretical mechanics of Jungian sandplay, a nonverbal psychotherapy, are used to explain and illustrate this valuable healing tool. Numerous clinical examples and explanations of the psyche, ego development, and conscious and unconscious states are used to examine the technique’s ability to make the psyche change through psychological, mythological, and neurobiological paradigms in child and adult participants. Content themes, such as allegory and alchemy, are touched upon alongside spatial themes that include placement and the concept of center. Whether new to the field or veterans, clinicians will find this a solid basis on which they may cultivate their practice.
Images of the Self: The Sandplay Therapy Process by
Out of print for nearly 20 years, Images of the Self has remained a foundational text on Jungian personality theory in sandplay therapy. In this classic work, Weinrib shares her understanding of how sandplay works to heal and transform the psyche.
This updated edition features a new introduction by Dr. Katherine Bradway, colleague and friend of Weinrib, two new chapters from Weinrib’s published papers, and a wealth of clearly accessible reference material for study and research.
EZ Sand Tray Therapy Professional Starter Kit
- Small and Portable for CONVENIENCE
- Includes HIGH-QUALITY SAND- better than anything you can buy at the local Home Depot
- Symbolic and Meaningful items specially selected by Professional Sandtray Therapists
- Help clients resolve Trauma and Abuse using Non-verbal Interventions
- Help BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS experience deep and personal transformation
Lots of therapists collect used toys and fill small tubs with sand. If you are wanting something customized, you’ll find some beautiful options here.
