Betty Jackson, MSW, LSW, CST-T
Journal of Sandplay Therapy
Volume 24, Issue 2, 2015
Keywords
Proceeding, assembly, thread, symbol, sandplay therapy, clinical examples, woman, female, complex, projection, trauma, child, boy, male, relationship, clinical examples, self, other, keynote address, mythology, ritual, Ribbon Ceremony, cord, string, twine, ribbon, yarn, spider, spinning, destiny, Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, knots, joining, fastening, linking, tethering, binding, loosening, releasing, “shimenawa”, Theseus, Ariadne, labyrinth
Abstract
Thread Talk, excerpted from the Keynote Address given by Betty Jackson at the April 24-26, 2015 Sandplay Therapists of America Assembly in Baltimore, Maryland. The author explores the symbolism of thread in various contexts including in myth, nature and in the therapeutic relationship. She incorporates clinical case examples of a 10-year-old male and the sandplay therapy of an adult female. While still tethered to the complex, the client discovers what feelings from the past are triggered and in so doing so, she begins to withdraw projections in relationships. The author writes that when a problem, issue, or complex is symbolized by thread, it most often appears as a tangle, snare, or restrictive knot, analogous to an insect caught in a spider’s web. When working with the symbolic metaphor of multiple strands, each one representing individual destinies intersecting or blending in braids, twists, knots, knitting and weaving, the essence of thread symbolism as relationship becomes more evident. In weaving, the relationship between the spiritual and the personal is symbolized by the opposites of warp and weft.
German / Deutsch
Thread Diskussion: STA Versammlung, 2015
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Thread Diskussion ist ein Auszug aus Betty Jacksons Key-Note Ansprache auf der Versammlung der Sandspiel Therapeuten von Amerika vom 24.-26. April 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Die Autorin untersucht die Symbolik des Fadens in verschiedenen Kontexten wie Mythos, Natur and der therapeutischen Beziehung. Sie schließt klinische Fallbeispiele eines 10 jährigen Jungens und die Sandspieltherapie einer erwachsenen Frau ein.
SCHLAGWÖRTER: Vorgang, Versammlung, Faden, Symbol, Sandspiel Therapie, klinische Fallbeispiele, Frau, weiblich, Komplex, Projektion, Trauma, Kind, Junge, männlich, Beziehung, selbst, andere, anders, Key-Note Rede, Mythologie, Ritual, Kabel, Band, Schleife, Garn, Spinne, spinnen, Schicksal, Klotho, Lachesis, Atropos, Knoten, verbinden, befestigen, verknüpfen, anbinden, zusammenbinden, Lockerung, lockern, »shimenawa«, Theseus, Ariadne, Labyrinth
Spanish / Español
”Thread Talk”: STA Assemblea, 2015
PALABRAS SIGNIFICATIVAS: Discurso de apertura, Asamblea, STA, Baltimore, 2015, reunión, hilo, símbolo, terapia sandplay, ejemplos clínicos, mujer, hembra, complejo, proyección, trauma, niño, muchacho, varón, relación, yo, otro, mitología, ritual, cordel, fibra, cinta, hilo, araña, hilatura, destino, Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, nudos, unión, fijación, enlace, inmovilización, encuadernación, aflojando, liberando, laberinto
French / Français
”Thread Talk”: STA Assembly, 2015
MOTS CLÉS: Discours programmé, assemblée, fil, symbole, thérapie par le jeu de sable, exemples cliniques, femme, femelle, complexe, projection, traumatisme, enfant, garçon, male, relation, soi, autre, mythologie, rituel, corde, chaine, ruban, fil, araignée, filage, destin, nœuds, raccordement, relâchement, déblocage, labyrinthe, Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, « shimenawa », Theseus, Ariadne.
Suggested Citation
Jackson, B. (2015). Thread talk. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.61711/jst.2015.24.2.626
