There was a sense of freedom and pleasure from building today’s world on day 144. I imagined a story to this world, and then told the story in the video. Now that I’ve had a few hours to process the world it is bringing new insights. Of course when I build a world in the ...…
How many people truly live with an open heart? This sandtray on day 143 told me more about this concept. The trials and tribulations of life cause our hearts to hurt, and then we close them off. Slowly we close them until at some point we live in a numb state of being. We don’t ...…
When a child enters my playroom they usually immediately start playing in the sandtrays. Unless a child is extra-shy or has some built-up anxiety related to trauma, the sand calls them and they just naturally play in it. This particular child came into treatment because he was quite violent to his siblings. He appeared depressed ...…
In this video I rebuilt a sandplay experience from a session I had with an adolescent girl who had been cutting herself and was quite depressed. Adolescents can be resistent to sandplay, thinking it is silly or stupid. Teens can have so much resistent built up in them from the insecurities they feel that sandplay ...…
Finding a powerful message about my passion for the transformative power of sandplay came clear on day 136. I had the intention before building the world of; “Why am I so passionate about the sandtray?” I found the message to be about transformation. I was also told the sandtray process is multidimensional. My eyes became ...…
Organizing sandtray figures can seem like a daunting task. Some people set up sandplay sanctuaries in their homes, and since they typically don’t have training in sandplay from the mental health field, they can feel lost and confused about the “right” way to set it up. Even those in the mental health field setting up ...…