Joyce Burt, with Harriet S. Friedman
Journal of Sandplay Therapy
Volume 23, Issue 2, 2014
Keywords
Sandplay therapy, reflection, memories, story, Dora Kalff, Switzerland, introduction, Harriet Friedman, Sandplay group training, children, boy, child, male, clinical example, youth, anxiety, body tics, adoption, early trauma, derailment, symbol, train, on track, individual way
Abstract
The author recounts her memories and experiences as she first trained with Dora Kalff in Switzerland. Burt continued to study sandplay therapy when she joined a consultation group led by Harriet Friedman. A clinical example describes the therapy of a boy who was adopted. The image of a derailed train was a repeated image in his process. Throughout their work the therapist had seen this image as an expression of his early infant trauma and derailment of having been abruptly left by his birth mother. By the end of the therapy the client, now a teenager, built a scene in which the train was again derailed, however this time he straightened the train tracks. The author found that life events and this scene suggested that he was moving forward in his individual way. The article contains an introduction by Harriet S. Friedman.
German / Deutsch
Dora Kalff: David’s Sandspiel Geschichte
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Die Autorin spricht über Ihre Erinnerungen und beschreibt mit einem Fallbeispiel die Therapie eines adoptierten Jungen. Das Bild eines entgleisten Zugs wiederholte sich in diesem Prozeß. Der Junge findet seinen individuellen Weg.
SCHLÜSSELWÖRTER: Sandspieltherapie, Betrachtungen, Erinnerungen, Geschichte, Dora Kalff, Schweiz, Einleitung, Harriet Friedman, Sandspielgruppen, Kinder, Junge, Kind, männlich, Fallbeispiel, Jugend, Angst, Tics, Adoption, frühes Trauma, Entgleisung, Symbol, Zug, individueller Weg
Spanish / Español
Dora Kalff en Suiza: La Historia Sandplay de David
PALABRAS CLAVE: Terapia Sandplay, Reflexión, recuerdos, historia, Dora Kalff, Suiza, introducción, Harriet Friedman, capacitación en grupo Sandplay, niños, muchacho, niño, adolescente, varón, ejemplo clínico, juventud, ansiedad, tics, adopción, trauma temprano, descarrilamiento, símbolo, tren, pista, de manera individual
Suggested Citation
Burt, J., with Friedman, H. S. (2014). Dora Kalff in Switzerland: David's sandplay story. With an introduction by Harriet S. Friedman. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.61711/jst.2014.23.2.379
