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Sandplay, The Sacred Healing: A Guide to Symbolic Process (Home Study Continuing Education Units Series: Mental Health Professionsls)

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I found this book to be extremely well-written and helpful in my journey to become a better sandplay therapist. The metaphor of the garden is very apt for this kind of therapy, where establishing the 'free and protected' place is essential in order to dig deep. The authors present vignettes and complete cases with great compassion and excellent clinical knowledge. I found the charts, especially the ones on development, defenses, and how trauma impacts the chakras very clear...I refer to them often. The section on development alone is worth the price of the book; with vignettes and photos for each developmental stage, and then the configuration in the trays tied to Erik Erikson's developmental model. It also was very helpful to see brief therapy cases presented along with long-term work with people. This is a great book for beginners as well as those who have worked deeply in the sand for many years. The book really does combine 'age old wisdom' with modern psychotherapy.

I am taking a Sandtray class as part of a graduate school curriculum and this book is the one we used for class. I think the book is a great beginner's book for Sandtray. It really explains the core of the theory, and also enables beginners to see the importance of this work. Explains very well the different types of items you should have part of your miniatures collection. Explains how to interpret some of the symbolism of sandtray work, (though most of that should be left to the clients!) It deals with case studies for both children and adults, which is the great...

Sandtray is a great experience for clinicians and all people, and is an effective means of communication. I highly recommend that you try it, if you have not, as it has really changed my life, and goals of my profressional career.

Kate Amatruda's book is a wonderful gateway to learn about Sandplay!. Her garden metaphor and digging down is exactly what she allows us to do in understanding the sacred journey. She covers many extremely important topics step by step both of adult and child's process. She provides an intellectual understanding of nonverbal therapy with many specific examples to illustrate the concepts she teaches. It is digestable for beginners and interesting for advanced therapists. She has definitely done an important service to the field of Psychology and Sandplay in her book. I recommend it highly.

Thoroughly enjoyed this Sandplay text. The authors have accomplished the integration of wisdom and knowledge in their writing.