Main description:

Sandtray Applications to Trauma Therapy presents the theory behind and the practicalities of using sandtray therapy in treatment with traumatized patients, both children and adults.

The book begins with a review of the most frequently asked questions that professionals ask themselves when using the sandtray. It then details the Barudy and Dantagnan model of trauma therapy to understand and integrate sandtray therapy with patients who have suffered trauma. Chapters describe the importance of neuroaffective communication, directive and non-directive working methodologies, and how to use the technique in regulation, empowerment, and resilient integration of trauma. A featured chapter by the second author, Dr. Raffael Benito, presents the neurobiology behind sandtray therapy, outlining step by step what happens in the brain of a patient during a sandtray session. Transcripts of clinical cases, sandtray images, and true client stories are integrated throughout.

This practical volume will appeal to sandtray practitioners, trauma therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists working with patient experiences of abandonment, mistreatment, or sexual abuse, among others.

Contents:

1. The most frequently asked questions about the sandtray technique 2. Comprehensive psychotherapy model where the sandtray technique is applied: Barudy and Dantagnans Three Block Systemic Traumatherapy 3. Sandtray and trauma therapy 4. The sandtray technique: The work of identification, expression and emotional regulation 5. The sandtray technique to work on empowerment (Block II) 6. The sandtray technique to work on the resilient reintegration of traumatic contents and the psychological elaboration of the life story (Block III) 7. How the brain damaged by trauma works when performing sandplay therapy