Sandplay therapy: a key intervention for trauma recovery

In this webinar, Dr Sunderland will explore why sandplay therapy as a symbolising reflective process, can be so effective in trauma recovery. In sandplay, children and young people create scenes of miniature worlds. using figures, sand and water to communicate their inner world, namely their thoughts, feelings, memories, worries, hopes, fantasies, perceptions, inner voices. Many children and young people are totally unused to talking about their inner world, so being offered sandplay can be a lifeline and far more effective than everyday words. Moreover, in the context of an ongoing therapeutic relationship with an emotionally available adult, children and young people feel safe to address painful life experiences in this way, because it’s ‘out there’ in a miniature world, instead of swirling round their heads as often unnamed pain and anguish.