Steinhardt, Lenore. RELATIONSHIP IN LARGE GROUP EXPERIENTIAL SANDPLAY TRAINING

Steinhardt, Lenore
RELATIONSHIP IN LARGE GROUP EXPERIENTIAL SANDPLAY TRAINING

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Volume 13, Number 2, 2004

KEY WORDS: clinical example, intensive, experiential, group, sandplay training, wounded healers, relationships, group interactions.

ABSTRACT: This article describes a sandplay training workshop for primarily experienced creative arts therapists who are acquainted with experiential group intensive training and creative individual process in a group format. The workshop structure balances individual work and theory, similar to art therapy training groups. This short-term framework, together with the fact that the participants are professional therapists, seems to accelerate individual focus on essential wounds and enable resolution and healing in a six-tray process made by each participant. Three brief case examples demonstrate various aspects of relationships in the group.