Sandplay Therapy for Children thru to Adults

Sandplay Therapy for children

Sandplay works wonderful with children as play comes naturally for a child – his play is his work! Through play, children tend to unravel certain issues, stressors, and problems they may have encountered through their day or life.

However, sandplay also and mainly works on a much deeper level, there where a child is not even aware of deep-seated pain, difficulties, fear, and trauma buried away in the unconscious.

As there are no expectations and no rules during a sandplay session, children truly become free, strong in themselves and confident, as they learn to just BE.

Do Teenagers really like to do Sandplay?

There must be a good reason why teenagers love to do sandplay!

The initial feeling mostly is that “sandplay is for children”, until a teenager puts his hands in the tray and gets the sensory feeling when letting the sand runs and falls through his fingers.

As Dr Celia works in a trusted, non-judgmental spirit and atmosphere with her teenager clients, they quickly learn to relax, and the de-stressing happens naturally. Sandplay has a calming effect, and as there are no performance expectations or rules attached to sandplay, teenagers easily learn to let go of bottled-up emotions, fears, traumas, deep-seated pain and hurt, feelings of rejection, insecurities etc.

Adults in the sand

Adults tend to forget what and how it is to play, until they grab a hand-full of sand and feel the touch of it to their skin! Then usually all resistance crumbles!

Yes, sandplay is for adults too, and as they work in a sacred, non-judgmental, empathic and quiet space with no interruptions, they may feel freer than in ages.

When an adult enters the unconscious world of his psyche through sand, he is not even aware of it, as sandplay is such a non-threatening, subtle medium of balancing, restructuring, transformation and shifting within himself. It is also a trusting place where the world’s stresses can be forgotten about for a short while.

Sandplay can calm, release, relax, de-stress, let go of, gain confidence, become stronger, more assertive and more self-empowered. Sandplay can reach one’s deepest core and to expose one’s true-est beautiful inner-Self.

Through an adult’s personal process of sandplay work, traumas, deep-seated past and painful experiences, rejection and hurt are all types of issues being addressed in a safe, caring and accepting way, which allows for inner growth and healing to take place.

Our services:

Trauma related disorders
Emotion dysregulation
Anxiety disorder
Learning difficulties

Contact us:
Sandplay South Africa (Pty) Ltd
072 145 1437
celia@sandplay.co.za