Search | Site Map | Contact Us 

Sandplay Therapists of America

Reece, Sachiko Taki. The Crucial Moment in Sandplay Relationship: The Therapist’s Emotive Experiences  

Volume 13, Number 1  (Volume XIII, Number 1, 2004)

KEY WORDS: sandplay therapy, clinical example, preliminary report, qualitative, SED, children.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this sandplay qualitative research was to describe the SED children’s and the therapist’s experiences in sandplay therapy. Setting: an inner-city community mental health center with a special education and day treatment program. Research design: case study-multiple case model for children’s experiences and phenomenological heuristic approach for the therapist experiences. Seven children received 3 months of weekly sessions and outcome was assessed. Findings: Therapist experience of “emotive moments” energized the relational field; which occurred in response to children’s personal disclosure and the archetypal Self-disclosure of numinous experience in play. This was replicated in seven cases. Triangulation results validated that “emotive moments” in sandplay relationship were likely to be significant generator of children’s adaptive behaviors.
 

Top of Page

Home | About Sandplay | About STA/Join | STA Associates | Sandplay News | Contact STA Therapists | FAQs | Forum | Sandplay Institute | Journal | Training & Conferences | Research | Books About Sandplay | Symbol Literature | Products & Classified | Links | Donations