The Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy invites readers to absorb the magic and mystery of sandtray therapy through a collection of stories.
Woven throughout these pages is the neurobiological foundation for the healing and transformation that takes place during deep encounters with sand, water, and symbolic images. Such scientific grounding provides the basis for clinicians to understand how sandtray therapy supports their healing work. In addition to client stories, the authors have also bravely shared their personal experiences, both challenging and rewarding, of being sandtray therapists.
Clinicians who are considering becoming sandtray therapists are given an inside peek into the learning journey and its many benefits. Those who are already practicing sandtray therapy will find this book both supportive and affirming.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction
1.Playing in the Sandbox: The Birth of a Healing Tool
Theresa Fraser and Caron Leader
2. Drawn to the Sand: Becoming a Sandtray Therapist
Rita Grayson and Theresa Fraser
3. Healing the Embodied Brain: The Neurobiology of Sandtray Therapy
Rita Grayson
4. It is Never Too Late: Healing Trauma Across the Lifespan with Sandtray Therapy
Theresa Fraser
Section 2: Stories of Healing in the Sandtray
5. Troubled Waters: Navigating Difficult Life Transitions
Rita Grayson
6. Lost and Found: Reuniting with Self, Tales of the Wandering Psyche
Aimee L. Jennings and Sean P. Jennings
7. Through the Eyes of a Child: Sandtray Therapy with Children
Caron Leader
8.Who Am I?: The Journey of Self-Discovery
Rosalind Heiko
9. Being with What Is: Touching Grief in the Sand
Barbara Jones Warrick
10. Rediscovering Balance: Combining Sandtray Therapy and EMDR
Elaine Wittmann and Jacqueline Aldridge
11. Working Across Cultures: Finding Common Ground in the Sand
Joanne Wicks
12. Finding Safety: Healing Attachment Wounds in the Sandtray Therapy Process
MereAnn Reid
13. Sandtray with a Mind of its Own: Developing Trust in the Wisdom of the Process
Bonnie Badenoch
Section 3: Tying it all Together
14. The Heart of the Matter: Common Experiences of the Sandtray Therapist
Rita Grayson
15. Honoring the Legacy: Keeping Margaret Lowenfeld’s Vision Alive in the Future
Theresa Fraser