The Routledge International Handbook of Sandplay Therapy
Routledge International Handbooks Series

The Routledge International Handbook of Sandplay Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of this therapeutic method, developed to provide a means of helping clients of all ages with mental suffering. The contributors, from a range of therapeutic and cultural backgrounds, demonstrate core theory and practice, and explore the implications of current neuroscientific research. The chapters illustrate the effectiveness of this seemingly simple psychotherapeutic tool in its contemporary applications. Split into six parts, this handbook considers:

• Sandplay therapy in medicine
• Sandplay with special populations
• Sandplay in analysis and general practice
• Adaptions of the Sandplay method in education
• Sandplay and the spirit
• Non-Jungian uses of the sand tray in therapeutic applications

Unique in scope and breadth, this handbook will appeal to academics and students of Jungian psychotherapy, as well as occupational therapists, art and play therapists, and all clinicians using Sandplay therapy as part of their professional practice.

1. Introduction: What is Sandplay Therapy? Part 1: Sandplay Therapy in Medicine 2. Facing Death: Sandplay at the Threshold 3. Sandplay: A Group Therapy Adaptation with In-Patient Eating Disorder Patients Part 2: Sandplay with Special Populations 4. Sandplay Therapy in Nepal: Case Studies of Underprivileged Children 5. Cultural Crisis: Complex Collective Trauma and Sandplay Therapy in the Bedouin Population of Israel 6. Sandplay with Young People with Intellectual Disability Part 3: Sandplay in Analysis and General Practice 7. Sandplay Therapy with Children Experiencing Somatic Symptoms 8. Sandplay: The Language of two Boys' Work to Mend Their Early Attachment Wounds 9. Growing Up with Andrew: A Young Boy's Discovery of Self in Sandplay 10. Dissipating Anger and Defiance: The Intrapsychic Process of Differentiation 11. The Development of Sandplay Therapy Treatment for Prolonged and Complex Trauma Related to War and Terrorism in the Middle East 12. Healing Trauma Through Sandplay Therapy: A Neuropsychological Perspective 13. Rikki’s Awakening: A Journey of Discovery of Transgender 14. Attuning to the Flow of Relational Energies in Sandplay: Healing Complex Trauma in Adults Part 4: Adaptations of the Sandplay Method in Education 15. Sand Tray Play and Storytelling: A Catalyst for Imaginative Thinking in Children's 16. Educational and Emotional Development 17. Developing Language Skills and Emotional Intelligence in the Elementary School Through Sand Tray Stories 18. Clinical Supervision Using Sand Tray Therapy Methods Part 5: Sandplay and the Spirit 19. Return to the Spirit in Sandplay 20. The Presence of the Sandplay Therapist as a Fundamental Component of Understanding Psychic Transformation in Sandplay Part 6: Non-Jungian Uses of the Sand Tray in Therapeutic Applications 21. Humanistic Sand Tray Therapy 22. The Secret Garden: Use of the Sand Tray and Figurines From an Interpersonal Neurobiological Framework 23. Sand Tray Therapy: A Variety of Approaches 24. Conclusion. Index.

Barbara A. Turner trained under the founder of Sandplay therapy, Dora M. Kalff. She has published several books in the field and now teaches Sandplay therapy to mental health clinicians as well as serving as a consultant to clinicians all over the world. She is the founder of the Association for Sandplay Therapy, an international professional organization dedicated to maintaining the core principles of Kalff’s Sandplay work and teaching.