(Sand Tray Student , Atlanta, GA)
First Sand Tray from a Sand Tray Therapy Student in class.
Okay, so I made my sand tray in sand tray therapy class by hand and by the time I was ready to do sand tray with miniatures my sand tray and I had a love hate relationship. I loved her because I made her but goodness she was difficult and talk about a labor of love. At the same time I was excited because just the previous weekend I had seen how my family members had reacted to the Zen garden box and so I was very curious to see the sand tray at work.
So, slowly I poured the sand into the sand tray and looked over my miniatures. Earlier that day I had found a bag full of toys from my childhood and most of them were the small mini toys in the kids meal from various fast food places. I found my self shying away from those toys filled with so many memories and being drawn to the newer items or the items I had intentionally picked out for the sand tray.
I began the placements of all the miniatures and found my self reworking the lay out over and over again until I was satisfied with what I had. I first noticed that I had wanted more greenery and shrubs and bushes, just anything that would signify nature but I had very little to choose from. However, I had a good selection of miniatures from fantasy to dinosaurs and cars; I was pretty happy.
I also noticed how I liked to use certain miniatures more than others and had more positive reactions to some than others. After stepping back I realized the sand tray for sand tray therapy was telling a story. I wasn’t sure what it was exactly but I had noticed some patterns. After looking at it for a while I put away the miniatures and started all over again and again.
I recognized more patterns appearing and noticed that I gravitated toward certain miniatures. After seeing these patterns I wondered if this would hold true for my clients and if they too would use some of the same miniatures over and over again. After some training we’ll see what this is all about and how the sand tray therapy processing works.
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