tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90741930537652422142024-03-05T23:42:34.615-08:00Sand Tray Exploration TherapyAloha Concepts Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04348064015662831651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074193053765242214.post-20290386795918022052010-06-06T18:11:00.000-07:002010-06-06T18:18:36.165-07:00Re organized..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qvVX1W1hOF7MxBADwwPCXeULN5KOGu5Tzpl5HaKWUX85AQasjAHnDgvtWWKJdc-d-epEeef80pi5P9nldW1xln-ep_xu1VbIVdFRwBzTuA1n8u38MWFDBNjxIHDVjHDCdklAWN_kjbw/s1600/IMG_8128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qvVX1W1hOF7MxBADwwPCXeULN5KOGu5Tzpl5HaKWUX85AQasjAHnDgvtWWKJdc-d-epEeef80pi5P9nldW1xln-ep_xu1VbIVdFRwBzTuA1n8u38MWFDBNjxIHDVjHDCdklAWN_kjbw/s400/IMG_8128.JPG" width="400" /></a>This weekend I took on the project of sorting and tidying the figures used for Sand Tray Activities. Here is the new look. Some less used items were removed and some new ones added. The wet tray was washed and put out to dry in the sun.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7CFvwt7o1qxcADOH5ym2h0QwpdWVX5RugHsPWwa-nIwTlrPnXy25ClPwK5kDDjz6P5dyTYhKO_oQCZJWahoF1R4RozPhmunbfvKfvYFHZeIAqgJsqM7Zhbg-HbllRawsm6K8nqhG9Xk/s1600/IMG_8127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7CFvwt7o1qxcADOH5ym2h0QwpdWVX5RugHsPWwa-nIwTlrPnXy25ClPwK5kDDjz6P5dyTYhKO_oQCZJWahoF1R4RozPhmunbfvKfvYFHZeIAqgJsqM7Zhbg-HbllRawsm6K8nqhG9Xk/s640/IMG_8127.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Aloha Concepts Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04348064015662831651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074193053765242214.post-10162167338872124612010-06-05T14:26:00.000-07:002010-06-05T22:47:20.116-07:00Sand Tray TherapyMany therapists work therapeutically with children and adults using Sand Tray Therapy as a modality. <br />
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In working with young children, I show them the sand trays and the shelves where the miniatures are placed. I tell them they can create scenes or stories in the sans, selecting objects from the shelves.<br />
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Some children play their stories after they have finished creating a scene by moving objects about as they describe the action.<br />
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With hesitant children I talk about Sand Tray Therapy as as a way to make pictures in the sand from their imaginations, from images in their mind; it can be fun, it can make them feel better; it can help the two of us understand some of their troubles and worries.Aloha Concepts Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04348064015662831651noreply@blogger.com0