Sand therapy was developed in the 1950’s by a psychologist called Dora Kalff based on Jungian psychology.
Sand play is a powerful psychospiritual method for accessing the unconscious in a way that brings about profound change.
It is a safe and effective way of working with preverbal and non-verbal trauma while simultaneously promoting healing.
As part of my therapy I offer play therapy and sand therapy. These can both be incorporated together into a session.
Children can use all the mediums if they wish too, as well as having the sand tray offered to them at the beginning of the session.
Photo evidence will be kept of the sand trays as a diagnostic tool to measure the positive changes overtime in the sand tray.
The other mediums are there if the individual chooses to use these mediums as well as the sand. During sessions, teenagers and adults have the option to use art mediums as well as the powerful use of clay.
Individuals can unconsciously use the other mediums to make sense of their scene they have laid out in the sand tray.
The brain will make neuron connections to rewire the brain in order to not feel as disconnected.
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Sand play therapy is a therapy for all ages, children, teenager and adults.
It is a therapy often used for those who suffer with anxiety, depression trauma, neglect and abuse.
Through trauma and suffering this stops us at times to be able to express our inner feelings as it is easier to supress the pain into our unconscious to cope with what is going on in the part of our conscious. If we are suffering in some way, we have survival mechanisms a lot of the time to live our day to day lives.
By the individual making changes in their own make-believe world clients are empowered to make changes to their real world. Linking the unconscious mind with the conscious mind. Integrating the two makes the individual feel more harmonised and fulfilled.
There is a real connection with the therapist whereby the client is guided by the therapist to be able to make the right connections between the world created in the sand to their own inner world.
The ego becomes out of alignment with our self, which stops us from understanding ourselves more and losing sight of our needs and feelings. The sand play helps with balancing the ego and self which then helps us understand our feelings a lot more and to begin to recognise why we feel the way we do; this eventually helps the individual feel better about themselves and function more positively.