Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy - Stories of Healing and Transformation

The Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy invites readers to absorb the magic and mystery of sandtray therapy through a collection of stories.

List of contents

Section 1: Introduction 1. Playing the Sandbox: The Birth of a Healing Tool 2. Drawn to the Sand: Becoming a Sandtray Therapist 3. Healing the Embodied Brain: The Neurobiology of Sandtray Therapy 4. It is Never Too Late: Healing Trauma Across the Lifespan with Sandtray Therapy Section 2: Stories of Healing in the Sandtray 5. Troubled Waters: Navigating Difficult Life Transitions 6. Lost and Found: Reuniting with Self, Tales of the Wandering Psyche 7.Through the Eyes of a Child: Sandtray Therapy with Children 8. Who Am I?: The Journey of Self-Discovery 9. Being with What Is: Touching Grief in the Sand 10. Rediscovering Balance: Combining Sandtray Therapy and EMDR 11.Working Across Cultures: Finding Common Ground in the Sand 12. Finding Safety: Healing Attachment Wounds in the Sandtray Therapy Process 13. Sandtray with a Mind of its Own: Developing Trust in the Wisdom of the Process Section 3: Tying it all Together 14. The Heart of the Matter: Common Experiences of the Sandtray Therapist 15. Honoring the Legacy: Keeping Margaret Lowenfeld’s Vision Alive in the Future

About the author

Rita Grayson created the body-brain approach to sandtray therapy by combining her deep understanding and experience of sandtray with emerging knowledge in the field of relational neuroscience.
Theresa Fraser is the owner/director of the Maritime Play Therapy Centre in Nova Scotia, Canada. She provides neurobiologically informed play therapy training internationally.

Summary

The Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy invites readers to absorb the magic and mystery of sandtray therapy through a collection of stories.

Product details

• Authors: Rita (Sagesource Learning Center Grayson
• Assisted by: Theresa Fraser (Editor), Rita Grayson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367507800
• ISBN: 978-0-367-50780-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: counselling, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Analytical and Jungian psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies