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Images of the Self: The Sandplay Therapy Process

Author: Estelle L. Weinrib
Foreword: Dr. Katherine Bradway
Preface: Dora M. Kalff

Formerly out of print and unavailable for almost 20 years, this book has remained the foundational text on sandplay psychotherapeutic theory.

The theoretical mechanics of how sandplay works to heal and transform the psyche are articulated and applied to a complete sandplay case. This updated edition includes two new chapters, comprising two prominent papers by Estelle Weinrib. The Index has been greatly expanded to aid in study and research. Line drawings depicting the sand tray content have been added to facilitate understanding the original sandplay photographs.

Estelle L. Weinrib is an internationally recognized teacher of sandplay therapy and a Jungian analyst.

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Price: $27.95
Pages: 240
Book Type: Paper
ISBN: 0972851712
B&W Photos: 34
Publisher: 2004 Temenos Press®

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Table of Contents

Editor’s Note
Foreword: Katherine Bradway, 2003
Author’s Note, 1983
Preface: Dora M. Kalff, 1983

PART ONE
SANDPLAY THERAPY: THEORY AND PRACTICE

1 Introduction
2 The Evolution of Sandplay
Magic Circles and Fantasies
Pioneers in Sandplay Therapy
3 A Game Without Rules
4 Eight Basic Concepts
5 A Free and Protected Space
6 Reconstructing the Mother Image
7 Recovery of the Feminine
Feminine Aspects of Sandplay
A Feminine Way to the Spirit
8 Sandplay as a Way to Transformation
9 A Bridge to the World
10 A Safe Outlet for Aggression
11 Feeling, Creating, Centering
The Recovery of Feeling
The Act of Creating
A Form of Meditation
Redirecting Energy
12 Resistance
13 A Diagram of the Psyche
14 A Comparison of Verbal Analysis and Sandplay
Developmental Stages
An Unguided Way to Self
A Few Words of Caution
15 The Shadow and the Cross
16 Overview

PART TWO
CASE PRESENTATION

Tray 1 Indications of Problem and Possible Resolutions:
The father complex and other therapeutic issues
Tray 2 Penetration to the Personal Unconscious:
Further clarification of the problems and healing possibilities
Tray 3 Activation of Instincts:
Potential for commitment appears
Tray 4 Transition:
Indication of changing values
Tray 5 Resolution of Father Complex Begins
Tray 6 Harbinger of Nascent Ego Appears
Tray 7 Centering:
Pre-figuration of integration of relevant issues
Tray 8 Resolution of Paranoid Inflation
Tray 9 Differentiation of Masculine and Feminine Elements in the Personality
Tray 10 Movement Toward Connection of Masculine and Feminine Elements
Tray 11 Constellation of the Self
Tray 12 Separation From Father and Reconciliation
Tray 13 Symbols of Renewal Appear
Tray 14 The Emergence of the Anima and the Birth of a New Consciousness

Glossary
Table of Illustrations
Table of Works Cited
Bibliography
Index

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