In English
THE LION KING, AND THE EMERGENCE OF
THE SELF VIA SANDPLAY THERAPY
Volume 27, Number 2, 2018
Steven Herrmann
Oakland, California, USA
KEY WORDS: Sandplay therapy, The Lion King, trauma defenses, father complex, father archetype, father, loss, trauma, mandala, Self, shaman, anima, child, boy, latency, adolescence, clinical example.
ABSTRACT: In this six and one-half year case study, the author/psychotherapist describes, with illustrations from eight sand play sessions, a transformation process of a boy he saw in his clinical practice from the ages of four until just prior to eleven. What the sandplay portraits illustrate, sometimes with stunning detail, is the role of the father archetype in this boy’s initiation between latency and adolescence. The central narrative of the boy’s sandplay sessions centers on the story of The Lion King, a story about a boy’s tragic loss of his father and healing subsequent to painful trauma of the father’s death. This story mirrors the patient’s personal psychology and forms the subjective myth that helped him place into context the tragedy and necessary individuation involved in his inner evolution. What emerges out of the eight sandplay sessions is a portrait of healing through sandplay in the context of the Lion King story.
In German
DER LÖWENKÖNIG UND DIE BILDUNG DES
SELBST DURCH SANDSPIELTHERAPIE
Volume 27, Number 2, 2018
Steven Herrmann
Oakland, Kalifornien, USA
SCHLÜSSELWÖRTER: Sandspieltherapie, Der König der Löwen, Trauma Verteidigung, Vaterkomplex, Vaterarchetyp, Vater, Verlust, Trauma, Mandala, Selbst, Schamane, Anima, Kind, Junge, Latenz, Jugendalter, klinisches Fallbeispiel.
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Der Autor beschreibt den Transformationsprozess eines Jungen im Alter von vier bis fast elf Jahren. Die zentrale Geschichte der Sandspielstunden des Jungen konzentriert sich auf die Geschichte des Königs der Löwen, der Geschichte eines Jungens über den tragischen Verlust des Vaters und die anschließende Heilung nach dem schmerzhaften Trauma des Todes seines Vaters.
In Spanish
EL REY LEÓN, EL APARECIMIENTO DEL YO
POR TERAPIA DE SANDPLAY
Volume 27, Number 2, 2018
Steven Herrmann
Oakland, California, EE.UU.
PALABRAS SIGNIFICATIVAS: Terapia de sandplay, el Rey León, defensas de trauma, complejo de padre, arquetipo de padre, padre, pérdida, trauma, mandala, Yo, chamán, ánima, niño, niño, latencia, adolescencia, ejemplo clínico
RESUMEN: El autor describe un proceso de transformación de un niño desde los cuatro años de edad hasta justo antes de los once años de edad. La narrativa central de las sesiones de sandplay del niño se centra en la historia del Rey León, una historia sobre la trágica pérdida de un padre de su hijo y la curación posterior al doloroso trauma de la muerte del padre.
In French
LE LION ROI ET L’EMERGENCE DE LE SOI
VIA THÉRAPIE SANDPLAY
Volume 27, Number 2, 2018
Steven Herrmann
Oakland, Californie, Etats-Unis
MOTS CLÉS: Thérapie sandplay, Le Roi Lion, défenses traumatiques, complexe paternel, archétype paternel, père, perte, traumatisme, mandala, Soi, chaman, anima, enfant, garçon, latence, adolescence, exemple clinique
RÉSUMÉ: L’auteur décrit le processus de transformation d’un garçon de quatre ans jusqu’à tout juste onze ans. Le récit central des séances de sandplay du garçon est centré sur l’histoire du Roi Lion, une histoire sur la perte tragique d’un garçon de son père et sur sa guérison suite au traumatisme douloureux provoqué par sa mort.
In Portuguese
O REI LEÃO E A EMERGÊNCIA DO
SELF ATRAVÉS DA TERAPIA DE SANDPLAY
Volume 27, Number 2, 2018
Steven Herrmann
Oakland, California, USA
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Terapia de sandplay, O Rei Leão, defesa do trauma, complexo paterno, pai arquétipo, pai, perda, trauma, mandala, Self, xamã, anima, criança, menino, latência, adolescência, exemplo clínico.
RESUMO: O autor descreve o processo de transformação de um menino dos quatro anos de idade até pouco antes das onze. A narrativa central das sessões de sandplay do garoto é centrada na história do Rei Leão, uma história sobre uma perda trágica do pai de um menino e sua cura após o trauma doloroso da morte do pai.