COLLECTIVE CHAOS PAST AND PRESENT:
THE CHILD ARCHETYPE AS A STILL-POINT
IN SANDPLAY THERAPY

Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Volume 25, Number 1, 2016

Harriet S. Friedman
Los Angeles, California, USA

KEY WORDS: Sandplay therapy, collective chaos, destruction, archetypal evil, shadow, still point, child archetype, numinous, Self, trauma, depression, anxiety, hyperactivity, sexual abuse, PTSD, neglect, divorce, prone figures, clinical examples, male, child, female, adult, proceeding, 2015, ISST Congress.

ABSTRACT: The author discusses the personal and collective chaos in which we find ourselves in this ever changing world. Her presentation explored the search for the still-point as means to live amidst such chaos. It is Jung that reminds us that it is the energy of the child that will help us out of this dark place and into the possibility of something new – bringing future change to find our way. Through the sandplay case of a seven-year old boy, the author explores explore how to both witness and contain both our clients’ chaos, as well as our own. This case illustrates how a child was able to use sandplay in psychotherapy as a means to find a still-point within himself, despite the chaos he was experiencing throughout the process of his parents’ divorce. This article is a proceeding from Finding the Stillpoint… at the Crossroads, the 23rd ISST Congress, Ottawa, Canada, 2015.

 

IN GERMAN

KOLLEKTIVES CHAOS, VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART:
DER ARCHETYP DES KINDES ALS EIN RUHEPUNKT
IN SANDSPIELTHERAPIE
Harriet S. Friedman
Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA

SCHLAGWÖRTER: Sandspieltherapie, kollektives Chaos, Zerstörung, Archetypisches Böses, Schatten, Ruhepunkt, Kindarchetyp, numinosum, Self, Trauma, Depression, Angst, Hyperaktivität, sexueller Mißbrauch, posttraumatische Belastungsstörung, Vernachlässigung, Scheidung, liegende Figuren, Fallbeispiele, männlich, Kind, weiblich, Erwachsener, Vorgehen ISST Congress 2015.

ABSTRACT: Die Autorin bespricht das persönliche und kollektive Chaos in dem wir uns in dieser ständig sich ändernden Welt wiederfinden. Durch das Sandspielfallbeispiel eines 7- jährigen Jungens, dessen Eltern sich scheiden ließen, untersucht die Autorin wie wir das Chaos unserer Klienten und unser eigenes Chaos bezeugen und tragen können. Dieser Beitrag ist ein Vorgehen „Finding the Stillpoint…at the Crossroads“, 23. ISST Kongreß, Ottawa Kanada, 2015.

 

IN SPANISH

PASADO Y PRESENTE– CAOS COLECTIVA:
EL ARQUETIPO NIÑO COMO UN PUNTO DE ANCLAJE EN TERAPIA SANDPLAY
Harriet S. Friedman
Los Angeles, California, EE.UU

PALABRAS SIGNIFICATIVAS: Terapia sandplay, caos colectiva, destrucción, mal arquetípica, sombra, siguen apuntando, arquetipo del niño, numinoso, Ser/Yo, trauma, depresión, ansiedad, hiperactividad, abuso sexual, trastorno de estrés postraumático, abandono, divorcio, cifras expuestas, ejemplos clínicos, varón, niño, mujer, adulto, procedimiento, 2015, Congreso ISST.

 

IN FRENCH

“COLLECTIVE CHAOS PAST AND PRESENT:
THE CHILD ARCHETYPE AS A STILL-POINT
IN SANDPLAY THERAPY”
Harriet S. Friedman
Los Angeles, California, USA

MOTS CLES: Thérapie par le jeu de sable, exemples cliniques, l’enfant, garçon, femme, adulte, point d’équilibre, symbole de renouveau, potentialité du futur, l’unification des pôles opposés, enfant divin, sentiment de totalité, traumatisme, dépression, Soi, numineux, ombre collective, bien, mal archétypal, négligence, chaos collectif, chaos personnel, archétype, destruction, abus enfantin, abus sexuel, divorce, hyperactivite, congrès, ISST, 2015.

 

IN PORTUGUESE

CAOS COLETIVO, PASSADO E PRESENTE:
O ARQUÉTIPO DA CRIANÇA COMO PONTO DE EQUILÍBRIO
NA TERAPIA DE SANDPLAY
Harriet S. Friedman
Los Angeles, California, USA

PALAVRAS CHAVE: Terapia de sandplay, caos coletivo, destruição, mal arquetípico, sombra, ponto de equilíbrio, arquétipo da criança, Numinosum, Self, si-mesmo, trauma, depressão, ansiedade, hiperatividade, abuso sexual, stress pós-traumático, negligência, divórcio, figuras deitadas (inclinadas), exemplos clínicos, masculino, criança, feminino, adulto, procedimento Congresso da ISST 2015.