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Keipenheuer, Kaspar. The Witch’s House: A Free and Protected Place for ‘Bewitched’ Children  

Keipenheuer, Kaspar. The Witch’s House: A Free and Protected Place for ‘Bewitched’ Children

Volume 1, Number 1, 1991 (Volume I, Number 1, 1991)

KEY WORDS: participation mystique, vas hermeticum, play, self, transformation, sandplay therapy, child, children, reculer pour mieux sauter.

ABSTRACT: This description of the healing space that Kaspar Keipenheuer used for therapy is filled with images that describe a vessel of containment for transformation. The witch’s house is named from the depiction on paper of a cottage drawn by a boy who visited. The tools and mileau are described, where children and adults step back in time “to take a step forward”.

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