Sandplay in Three Voices: Images, Relationships, the Numinous [Hardcover]

Kay Bradway (Author), Lucia Chambers (Author), Maria Ellen Chiaia (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1583917292 | ISBN-13: 978-1583917299 | Publication Date: September 22, 2005

Sandplay in Three Voices provides a unique and engaging understanding of sandplay - a growing modality of psychotherapy. Emerging out of informal conversations among three senior therapists, it examines the essential aspects of sandplay therapy as well as the depth and breadth of the human psyche.

The book is organized into eight sections covering eight of the most important topics in sandplay - Therapist, Silence, Child, Mother, Self, Shadow, Chaos, and Numinous. Each section begins with a trialogue discussing theory, history and practice of sandplay in that area. The trialogues allow the reader to witness three senior therapists addressing and attempting to understand the many layers of each topic, and reflect their agreements and disagreements as they reveal their individual thoughts on, and personal experiences of, the themes they discuss. Each trialogue is followed by a set of solo presentations in which each author focuses on her contribution, and on the role of each topic in sandplay.

Illustrated by original clinical examples, this unique approach addresses issues of concern to analysts and other psychotherapists. Its basic orientation makes it of particular value in the study, practice and teaching of sandplay therapy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This will be a great success' - Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex

'All three authors are well known and considered to be "senior" members of the sandplay community. Their combined "voices" in the form of conversations on topical areas in sandplay convey a deep sense of wisdom which in turn has come from years of outstanding scholarship as well as deep and tried clinical experience.' - Mary Jane Markell, Author of Sand, Water, Silence: The Embodiment of Spirit

About the Author

Kay Bradway, PhD, is a founding member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and of the International Society of Sandplay Therapy, and co-founder of Sandplay Therapists of America. She is co-author of two books on sandplay.

Lucia Chambers, MA, is co-founder and currently educational consultant of Sandplay Therapists of America. She is known for her research on the archetypal feminine and the Black Madonna.

Maria Ellen Chiaia, PhD, is a Jungian analyst and a teaching member of the international and national societies of Sandplay Therapy and is currently board chair of the national society in the USA. She is an international lecturer and author of numerous publications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (September 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583917292
• ISBN-13: 978-1583917299
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,735,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Voices captures the Essense of Sandplay, March 14, 2006

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Linda R. Hammond (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sandplay in Three Voices: Images, Relationships, the Numinous (Hardcover)

An essential intention of sandplay therapy is to provide a free and protected space in which the client can feel invited to expand his/her consciousness, open to the unconscious and engage with disturbing and difficult elements in the psyche. As Kay Bradway says in the introduction to Sandplay in Three Voices,"Writing this book has been an experience in self-exposure, in letting down our hair. We have let ourselves ask na?ve questions akin to the child's universal question :`Is there a Santa Claus?'"I as the reader, felt invited t that the authors are creating a free and protected space for the reader to engage in a relational and interactive process. The essential interactive and relational nature of Sandplay and depth therapies is demonstrated in an embodied/experiential manner in the format and content of Sandplay in Three Voices. The authors KayBradway, Lucia Chambers and Maria Chiaia, three-seasoned sandplay therapists from three generations, have created a deep and engaging teaching journey into the world of sandplay therapy and its relationship to other depth therapies. One quickly learns that sandplay is not a technique but a way of thinking about the entire environment of therapy. As stated by Maria Chiaia,"The whole experience of doing sand is a numinous experience, and this seems to have something to do with connecting with the silence, with the therapist and with the sand images"(p.179).

There are eight topics each introduced by an engaging, exploratory and gracious trialogue among the authors. These trialogues werei nitially taped, transcribed and then edited. I felt immediately brought into theauthors' process, as they thought, felt, and talked through concepts, theories and meanings together.

I highly recommend this book

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Conversation about Sandplay with depth and wisdom, March 13, 2006

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Judy Zappacosta - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sandplay in Three Voices: Images, Relationships, the Numinous (Hardcover)

The three authors offer refined reflections in each of the chapters allowing the reader to reflect not only on sandplay, but also on the depth of the human psyche. It is easy to feel the deep respect each of these very seasoned therapists has for the journey of healing and individuation as witnessed in sandplay. This book is a welcome addition in the field of Jungian Psychology and Sandplay.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wise and Wonderful Book, March 4, 2006

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Liana and Jack Kornfield - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sandplay in Three Voices: Images, Relationships, the Numinous (Hardcover)

This is a wise and wonderful book by three highly experienced sandplay therapists. As readers, we are invited into a mature, clear and deep process of inquiry into the direct experience of sandplay itself. Eight of the most important topics in sandplay therapy: Therapist; Silence; Child; Mother; Self; Shadow; Chaos and Numinous, are explored as the ground of our most basic therapeutic experiences. Within these chapters, the authors' focus on the transformative power of relationship, in it's fullest sense. What is especially intriguing to us about the form of the "trialogue" in Sandplay in Three Voices is the richness and depth of understanding that is evoked in these conversations of three. This is a new and exciting book in the field of sandplay therapy. We highly recommend it.