Description
Book SynopsisUnavailable for many years, this book has remained the foundational text on sandplay psychotherapeutic theory. The theoretical mechanics of how Sandplay works to heal and transform the psyche are articulated and applied to a complete Sandplay case.
Table of Contents
- Foreword: Katherine Bradway, 2003
- Author’s Note: 1983
- Preface: Dora M. Kalff, 1983
PART ONE
SANDPLAY THERAPY: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- Introduction
- The Evolution of Sandplay
- Magic Circles and Fantasies
- Pioneers in Sandplay Therapy
- A Game Without Rules
- Eight Basic Concepts
- A Free and Protected Space
- Reconstructing the Mother Image
- Recovery of the Feminine
- Feminine Aspects of Sandplay
- A Feminine Way to the Spirit
- Sandplay as a Way to Transformation
- A Bridge to the World
- A Safe Outlet for Aggression
- Feeling, Creating, Centering
- The Recovery of Feeling
- The Act of Creating
- A Form of Meditation
- Redirecting Energy
- Resistance
- A Diagram of the Psyche
- A Comparison of Verbal Analysis and Sandplay
- Developmental Stages
- An Unguided Way to Self
- A Few Words of Caution
- The Shadow and the Cross
- Overview
PART TWO
CASE PRESENTATION
- Tray 1 – Indications of Problem and Possible Resolutions:
The father complex and other therapeutic issues
- Tray 2 – Penetration to the Personal Unconscious:
Further clarification of the problems and healing possibilities
- Tray 3 – Activation of Instincts:
Potential for commitment appears
- Tray 4 – Transition:
Indication of changing values
- Tray 5 – Resolution of Father Complex Begins
- Tray 6 – Harbinger of Nascent Ego Appears
- Tray 7 – Centering:
Pre-figuration of integration of relevant issues
- Tray 8 – Resolution of Paranoid Inflation
- Tray 9 – Differentiation of Masculine and Feminine Elements in the Personality
- Tray 10 – Movement Toward Connection of Masculine and Feminine Elements
- Tray 11 – Constellation of the Self
- Tray 12 – Separation from Father and Reconciliation
- Tray 13 – Symbols of Renewal Appear
- Tray 14 – The Emergence of the Anima and the Birth of a New Consciousness
- Glossary
- Table of Illustrations
- Table of Works Cited
- Bibliography
- Index
