Sandplay therapy in vulnerable communities : a Jungian approach / Eva Pattis Zoja; translated by Benjamin Seaman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pattis Zoja, Eva, 1952-

Contributor:

Seaman, Benjamin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sandplay--Therapeutic use.

Sandplay.

Jungian psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sandplay Therapy in Vulnerable Communities offers a new method of therapeutic care for people in acute crisis situations such as natural disasters and war, as well as the long-term care of children and adults in areas of social adversity including slums, refugee camps and high-density urban areas.This book provides detailed case studies of work carried out in South Africa, China and Colombia and combines practical discussions of expressive sandwork projects with brief overviews of their sociohistoric background. Further topics covered include:the social aspect of

Contents:

Cover; Sandplay Therapy in Vulnerable Communities; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The social aspect of psychoanalysis: Freud's polyclinic; 2. The cross-cultural aspect of analytical psychology: Carl Gustav Jung; 3. Margaret Lowenfeld's World Technique and Dora Kalff's Sandplay; 4. Psychotherapy in precarious situations; 5. Trauma and 'newly contained time'; 6. Expressive Sandwork; The importance of play; The group; Expressing psychological content already means changing it; Symptoms; The sandtray; The sand; The miniatures; Free and protected space

Free and protected timeThe facilitator's attitude; Talking with the parents; Content of children's play; 7. Expressive Sandwork in South Africa; Far, far away; I'm running to get the police; Unspeakable; The sangomas; The video camera; In chains; A safe place; Soul City; The grandfather; Initiation; 8. Expressive Sandwork in China; Pictographic writing and the psyche; Sandplay in kindergartens; The hidden brother; In an orphanage in Guangzhou; The long journey through the desert; The Barbie doll; The free and protected space is disturbed; The earthquake: the pupils of Beichuan

Overcoming a traumatic experience9. Expressive Sandwork in Colombia, Latin America; Living out violence compared to expressing it in sandwork; Healing sleep; To order, structure and fi nd protection; The horsey has come; 10. Practical instructions for an Expressive Sandwork project; Indication; Material; Room; Technical equipment; Introductory words; Time and memory; Notes; Discussing the sand images; Limits; Training; Notes; Bibliography; Plates; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-73276-4

0-203-81795-8

9780203817957

OCLC:

727130222