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Sandplay Dissertations
 On this page you will find a list of dissertations on sandplay
and the use of the sand tray published in English in the United
States. The dissertations are listed chronologically, beginning with
the most recent.
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Title: Countertransference in sandplay: A symbolic/clinical
approach
Author(s): Cunningham, Linda K.
Year: 2003, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: A theory of countertransference for sandplay therapy
Title: The use of sandplay therapy, the therapeutic relationship
and the use of cognitive restructuring for the treatment of
Prader-Willi syndrome: Case study
Author(s): Wasserman, Lisa
Year: 2002, Carlos Albizu University
Brief: The purpose of this case study was to evaluate and to
determine the
presence of the sandtray, cognitive restructuring and the
therapeutic
relationship with a female child with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Title: The use of sandplay therapy, the therapeutic relationship
and the use of cognitive restructuring for the treatment of
Prader-Willi syndrome: Case study
Author(s): Wasserman, Lisa
Year: 2002, Carlos Albizu University
Brief: The purpose of this case study was to evaluate and to
determine the
presence of the sandtray, cognitive restructuring and the
therapeutic
relationship with a female child with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Title: From healing into life to healing into death: The Sandplay
Project.
A clinical study utilizing Jungian psychology complement
conventional
breast or ovarian cancer treatment
Author(s): Sparling, Bruce Walker
Year: 2002, Union Institute and University
Brief: Heuristic study which explored the adult cancer patient's
psychic
processes through a research venture called the Sandplay Project.
Title: Recognizing the appearance of the Self in sandplay therapy
Author(s): Cameron, Scott Lane
Year: 2002, Alliant International University
Brief: Systematic examination of the appearance of the Self in
sandplay.
317 pp.
Title: Gender differences among children during the struggle
stage of sand
tray therapy
Author(s): Cohn, Daniela Pnina
Year: 2000, Carlos Albizu University
Brief: Children at various developmental levels during the struggle
stage of
sand play therapy to determine and gender differences in the themes
and behaviors.
Title: Exploring hope with children who have been sexually abused
and
participating in therapy
Author(s): Erdem, Tansel
Year: 2000, University of Alberta
Brief: Explores the therapeutic value of children's hopes using case
study
methodology. 215 pp.
Title: Exploring personal symbolism through sandplay and art
therapy
Author(s): Cloutier, Chris Anthony
Year: 2000, Ursuline College
Brief: The personal symbolism of this writer in both the art therapy
and
sandplay processes. 153 pp.
Title: Sandplay: An investigation into a child's meaning system
via the
Self Confrontation Method Child (SCMC) version
Author(s): Dale, Malinda A.
Year: 2000, The University of Southern Mississippi
Brief: The reliability and validity of the Self Confrontation Method
Child
(SCMC) version. 160 pp.
Title: Collaboration and Creativity: An interdisciplinary study (
Author(s): Grand, Ian J.
Year: 1999, The Union Institute
Brief: The use of imaginal processes in collaborative settings based
on an
original dyadic approach to Sandplay work. 380 pp.
Title: Cystic Fibrosis: Issues from the sibling perspective
Author(s): Simourd, Daryl Wynne
Year: 1999, University of Calgary
Brief: Qualitative study of young children's perceptions of having a
sibling
with cystic fibrosis using sandpay. 192 pp.
Title: What makes sandplay unique? Sandplay therapists' views on
how sandplay relates to verbal techniques and the beneficial effects
of
using these modalities concurrently
Author(s): Donelan, Joan Ann
Year: 1999, California School of Professional Psychology -
Berkeley/Alameda; 0039
Brief: Sandplay therapists' views on the relationship of Sandplay to
verbal
therapy, dream work, and active imagination and the beneficial
effects
of using these techniques concurrently. 190 pp.
Title: Children's Concerns About Danger and Death: The influence
of
cognitive ability and bereavement
Author(s): Howell, Richele Lynn
Year: 1999, California School of Professional Psychology -
Berkeley/Alameda
Brief: Children's concerns about danger and death, using sandplay.
148 pp.
Title: Breast Cancer: Imaginal realms of meaning
Author(s): Greer, Patricia T.
Year: 1998, Pacifica Graduate Institute
Brief: Imaginal meanings of breast cancer. Jung has said that "the
gods
have become diseases" (1968/1983, p. 37). 206 pp.
Title: Sand, Soul and Psyche: A study of fairytale and the
healing imagination
in the clinical practice of psychoanalysis
Author(s): Johnson, Holly Harrison
Year: 1998, The Union Institute
Brief: Psychic images as tools of treatment and understanding
structure and
dynamics of the inter-related developmental schema of life. 231 pp.
Title: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Training in
Subjective Immersion
Analysis as an Analytic Tool in Jungian Sandplay Therapy
Author(s): Turner, Barbara A.
Year: 1998, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: Understanding sandplay therapy; tapping subjective
unconscious
imagery to understand symbolic process. 342 pp.
Title: Symbol Formation During Major Life Transition: The
experience of
menopausal women in the sandplay process.
Author(s): Lee, Patrick
Year: 1997, Pacifica Graduate Institute
Brief: Phenomenological approach to sandplay as a process of symbol
formation during menopause. 191 pp.
Title: Imagination in Dialogue: A collaborative method of
self-inquire
Author(s): Chiaia, Maria Ellen
Year: 1997, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: Research and development of a method of collaborative
imaginal
inquiry. 350 pp.
Title: The theory of Sandplay in practice: The correspondence of
Sandplay therapists' thinking to the written theory of Sandplay
Author(s): Shuell, Michael Edward
Year: 1996, California School of Professional Psychology -
Berkeley/Alameda Pages Institution:
Brief: Relationship between the written theory of Sandplay and the
thinking
of Sandplay therapists. 281 pp.
Title: Sandtray Characteristics of Schoolchildren by Gender,
Ages, Seven
Through Eleven
Author(s): Burke, Valerie Janelle
Year: 1996, University of Alaska Anchorage
Brief: Selected sandtray characteristics 30 schoolchildren by
gender, ages 7-
11. 75 pp.
Title: Sandplay with Inner-City Latino and African American
Adolescents
Author(s): Bonds, Marla Sue
Year: 1995, California School of Professional Psychology -
Berkeley/Alameda
Brief: Explores the utility of sandplay with high risk, inner-city
adolescents.
109 pp.
Title: Resilient imagination: Emotionally disturbed children
express strengths in the language of Sandplay
Author(s): Hunter, Linda B.
Year: 1995, The Union Institute
Brief: Purposeful sampling methods to identify the most
information-rich
examples of the resiliency qualities being studied. 228 pp.
Title: Psychological assessment of the child patient using
Sandplay
Author(s): Sternberg, Alessandra
Year: 1995, Adelphi University, The Institute of Advanced
Psychological Studies
Brief: The use of Sandplay as a projective assessment technique with
a child
inpatient population. 148 pp.
Title: Journey of the Soul… The Emerging Self: From dis-ease to
discovery.
A model for recovery from childhood to the "Self" you were created
to
become.
Author(s): Ericson, Phyllis Jan
Year: 1995, The Union Institute
Brief: The project demonstrating excellence included a model for
recovery developed through the integration of previous research and
data from several schools of thought in psychology, sociology,
biology, and religion. 205 pp.
Title: Sand Play: Meaning, method and metaphor (Sand Tray
Therapy, Toys)
Author(s): Kahn, Louis Ione Hunt
Year: 1994, Saybrook Institute
Brief: The use of sand tray therapy as a diagnostic or therapeutic
tool shows
a variety of approaches but lacks a clear integrative model. 273 pp.
Title: A Study of Sandplay as a Drama Therapy Technique
Author(s): Knott, Barbara J. Degree:
Year: 1994, New York University
Brief: Describes the rationale for using sandplay as a drama therapy
technique. 390 pp.
Title: Symbols in the Sand: An exploration of the initial
sandworlds of
female incest survivors
Author(s): Berman, Barbara
Year: 1993, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: Compares initial sandworlds of incest survivors with those of
a control group. 199 pp.
Title: Sandworlds and Object Worlds: A psychoanalytic and object
relations
approach to sandplay.
Author(s): Petti, Patrick Vincent
Year: 1991, California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley
Brief: Application of object relations and psychoanalytic
theory to Sandplay. 229 pp.
Title: A study of the compensatory relationship of ego and Self:
The ego-Self dialogue explored through Jungian sandplay and Taoist
philosophy
Author(s): Lewis, Charlotte W.
Year: 1991, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: The degree to which surrender and witnessing are essential
components in the ego's ability to establish a dialogue with the
Self…and to incarnate the Self in everyday life. 102 pp.
Title: The World Procedure: Application to persons diagnosed with
mental
retardation.
Author(s): Borkan, Theodore Degree:.
Year: 1991, Ohio State University
Brief: Selecting evaluative instrument in assessing and
treating persons diagnosed with mental retardation and
suspected concurrent mental illness. 183 pp.
Title: A Study of the Compensatory Relationship of Ego and Self:
The eco-
self dialogue explored through Jungian sandplay and Taoist
philosophy
Author(s): Lewis, Charolette W..
Year: 1991, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: The degree to which surrender and witnessing are essential in
the
ego's ability to establish a dialogue with the Self, and to
incarnate the
Self in everyday life.
Title: The Child's Own Story: A study of the creative process of
healing
children in play therapy (storytelling)
Autrhor: Enderson-Dixon, Karen Sue
Date: 1991, Union Institute
Brief: How children communicate their inner stories through creative
work in
treatment. 267 pp.
Title: Images in the Sand: The initial sandworlds of men molested
as
children
Author(s): Shaia, Alexander John
Year: 1991, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: Compares the initial sandworlds of men who had experienced
childhood molestation with the initial sandworlds of men who had
not. 169 PP.
Title: A categorical and comparative analysis of the sandplay
process of abused and nonabused children
Author(s): Grubbs, Geri A.
Year: 1991, California Graduate School of Family Psychology, San
Rafael, California
Brief: Construction and development of the Sandplay Categorical
Checklist for sandplay analysis which was used to compare a 12-tray
sandplay process of five children, ages 9-11, two who were sexually
abused by a parent and three from the nonclinical population.
Title: Sandplay: A validation study of sandplay as a projective
technique
Author(s): Segal, Judith
Year: 1990, Adelphi University, Institute of Advanced Psychological
Studies
Brief: Attempt to further validate the scoring system of Caproni
(1988) for the Sandplay Test, through comparison with other
tests. 136 pp.
Title: Sandplay: A validation study of sandplay as a projective
technique
Author(s): Segal, Judith
Year: 1990, Adelphi University, Institute of Advanced Psychological
Studies
Brief: Attempt to further validate the scoring system of Caproni
(1988) for the Sandplay Test, through comparison with other
tests. 136 pp.
Title: Sandplay: A validation study of sandplay as a projective
technique
Author(s): Segal, Judith
Year: 1990, Adelphi University, The Institute of Advanced
Psychological
Studies
Brief: Attempt to further validate the scoring system devised by
Caproni
(1988) for the Sandplay Test. 136 pp.
Title: Sandplay: A validation study of sandplay as a projective
technique
Author(s): Segal, Judith
Year: 1990, Adelphi University, Institute of Advanced Psychological
Studies
Brief: Attempt to further validate the scoring system of Caproni
(1988) for the Sandplay Test, through comparison with other
tests. 136 pp.
Title: Sandplay: Window on the representational world: A
projective
adaptation of Lowenfeld's World Technique
Author(s): Caproni, Peter Martin
Year: 1989, Adelphi University, Institute of Advanced Psychological
Studies
Brief: Existing projective techniques are inadequate for preschool
children;
and object relations in projective assessment has not been
consensually defined. 146 pp.
Title: The personality profile and subjective experiences of
adult sandplay users
Author(s): Farris, Thomas Alexander
Year: 1989, California School of Professional Psychology -
Berkeley/Alameda
Brief: Correlations between several personality traits and subjects'
self-report
of "Satisfaction with Sandplay." 83 pp.
Title: Play in the Context of the Family
Author(s): Levine, Julia Blossom
Year: 1989, University of California, Berkeley
Brief: The family context of play examined as one probable source of
the
wide variation in children's symbolic play competence
Title: The Personality Profile and Subjective Experiences of
Adult Sandplay
Users
Author(s): Farris, Thomas Alexander
Year: 1989, California School of Professional Psychology -
Berkeley/Alameda
Brief: Correlations between several personality traits and subjects'
self-report
of "Satisfaction with Sandplay." 83 pp.
Title: Sandplay Systems with Children: A theoretical and
clinical-
experimental study
Author(s): Glen, Bruce Leon
Year: 1988, The Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities
Brief: The scope, development, and implementation of Sandplay
Systems.
232 pp.
Title: The Children of Ganymede: An investigation into the
symbolic
language of gay men through the use of sandplay therapy
Author(s): Lenhart, Douglas S.
Year: 1988, The Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities
Brief: The absence of psychological knowledge regarding smybolic
language
(themes, symbols) in the sandplays of five gay men. 341 pp.
Title: The Lowenfeld World Apparatus: A methodological
contribution towards the study and the analysis of the sand tray
play process.
Author(s): De Domenico, Gisela Schubach
Year: 1987, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Brief: A new methodology for the documentation and analysis of the
sand
tray play process…with the Lowenfeld World Apparatus. 463 pp.
Title: The Impact of Residential Treatment on Interpersonal and
Intrapsychic
Dimensions of Schizophrenia
Author(s): Beaton, Douglas Ian
Year: 1987, California Institute of Integral Studies
Brief: The need for program evaluation that considers the impact on
both
intrapsychic and interpersonal change and their relationships. 96
pp.
Title: Women Without Words: Splitting in the feminine psyche
Author(s): Harrell, Martha Davis Degree:
Year: 1987, The Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities
Brief: Levels of psychic splits fundamental to the schizoid
condition
in women of the 1980's. 181 pp.
Title: Assessing Couple Interaction with the Sandplay Method
(Marriage)
Author(s): Mason, Laura Beth
Year: 1986, University of California, Berkeley
Brief: The balance between mutuality and individuality is a central
issue
affecting the quality of couple relationships, but this balance has
not
been assessed systematically. 147 pp.
Title: Cross-Cultural Perspective on Child Development: A study
of the
imaginative play of Cambodian and Black preschoolers
Author(s): Nyman, Nina Wachs
Year: 1986, University of California, Berkeley
Brief: Appropriateness of Sandplay as cross-cultural evaluative
tool. 229 pp.
Title: Self-Restoration and Initiation in Analytical Child
Therapy:
Observations on sandplay
Author(s): Carmody, John Brill
Year: 1984, Saybrook Institute
Brief: Problems that lie within analytical (i.e., Jungian) child
therapy. 281 pp.
Title: The Development of Structure in the World of Expression: A
cognitive-
developmental analysis of children's "sand worlds"
Author(s): Jones, Linn Eleanor
Year: 1982, Pacifica Graduate School of Psychology
Brief: The central role of play and imagination in the structuring
of
conscious development…established in the work of Huizinga,
Jung, Lowenfeld, and Piaget. 308 pp.
Title: Women and Self: An initial investigation of the feminine
essence
using sandplay. 141 pp.
Author(s): Crable, Pauline Garner
Year: 1976, United State International University
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