Zilda Maria de Paula Machado
Journal of Sandplay Therapy
Volume 19, Issue 1, 2010
Keywords
Sandplay, parental complex, feminine identity, Brazil, Europe, ego-Self, clinical example, woman, female, verbal analysis, parental complex, ego-Self dissociation, marital relationship, increased consciousness, Sandplay therapy, clinical examples, common themes, symbolic, mourning, depression, anxiety, shell assemblage, single unique shell, shell combinations, sculpted sand spiral, relationship to the Self
Abstract
The author presents a verbal analysis with sandplay therapy of a female patient with a negative parental complex that prevented her from assuming a more developed feminine identity and an ego-Self dissociation was keeping her from personal growth. She needed to find her true identity and her own values. Her first marriage (lesser coniunctio) was an unconscious attempt at healing but did not meet the aspirations of the patient’s unconsciousness. She needed to release the energy repressed in the parental complex. After the restoration of the ego-Self, the patient could engage in a new marital relationship (new coniunctio), this time more consciously.
Suggested Citation
Maria de Paula Machado, Z. (2010). Recovering the feminine identity in sandplay therapy. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.61711/jst.2010.19.1.718
