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New book addresses applications of therapeutic practice of sandplay, part of 2018 Zurich Lecture Series
The theme of this book, which is part of the 2018 Zurich Lecture Series, is the psyche’s astonishing capacity and determination to regulate itself by creating images and narratives as soon as a free and protected space for expression is provided. This is true for individuals—children and adults—who struggle with adverse experiences as well as for those who seek a deeper meaning in life. This capacity for psychic self‐regulation becomes clearly visible and tangible in the well-known therapeutic practice of sandplay.
Eva Pattis Zoja describes two different applications of sandplay that she has developed over the course of two decades. They are oriented towards two different target groups and expand the same basic principles in two different directions.
While the hands explore the sand’s consistency, its smoothness, and its readiness to respond to the slightest touch, all sorts of perceptions and emotions go through the clients’ state of mind, and they cannot say whether they came from inside or out. It appears to be a circular process, a very subtle but also very persistent and concrete dialogue between the inner and outer worlds, between body and psyche, and more generally, between psyche and matter.
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| | | Eva Pattis Zoja, Jungian Analyst (IAAP) and Sandplay Therapist (ISST) works in private practice in Milan, Italy. She has founded the International Association of Expressive Sandwork (IAES), has offered Jungian Analysis and Sandplay Therapy and has initiated projects of Expressive Sandwork in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. |
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