Translator/Publisher's Preface - A drama where pain and tension transform into healing and affection.
Thanks to my colleagues, assistants and everyone else
Introduction - Charles Simmonds' "Houses for Little People"
Introduction - The Self-Regulation Ability of the Mind

Chapter 1: Surprise and Wonder About Oneself
Surprise and Wonder at Oneself

As within, so without; as above, so below.
As Within, So Without, As Above, So Below

Dora Kalp's therapeutic approach
Third party in the treatment room
Limitations as a tool
A perfect moment for verbal communication
Kinesthetic imagination
Symbols embodied in the body
How to guide
About taking pictures
Pause, Rest, and Create Space
Between heaven and earth
The contradiction between the two hands
The Sound of Sand
Lack of Depth I
Lack of Depth II
“But I was there.”
The existence of the devil
It's so soft
Daydreams that protect against loneliness
Beyond the limits
Eros
What could the variable have been?
Intimacy and Distance
strain
therapeutic movement
ice
Hold and hug tightly
Owl's gaze

Chapter 3: Individual Sandplay Sessions and Mental Self-Regulation
Self-regulation of the Psyche in Individual Sandplay Therapy

Dora Kalp's Basic Principles
The Case of Eddie, a 10-Year-Old Adopted Boy
First session
Second session
Conversation with adoptive mother
Third-Fifth Session

Chapter 4: Expressive Sandwork Project
Expressive Sandwork

Theoretical background
Participating children
Play materials
Volunteer: Assistant
parents

Chapter 5: Expressive Sandwork Project for Colombian Migrant Children
Processing Trauma after Displacement in Colombia

Case 1: Dorothy, a 9-year-old girl who survived an armed attack
Case 2: A 6-Year-Old Girl and Her Community's Response to Sexual Abuse
Case 3: Natalie, the mascot of a criminal gang
Project in Medellin, Colombia
Session 1: Children's Diversity

Chapter 6: Expressive Sandwork Project for German Refugee Children: "The Group is an Alchemical Vessel Where Transformation Occurs."
Expressive Sandwork with Refugee Children in Germany: 'The group as an alchemical container of transformation'

Groups as Alchemical Vessels and Control of Outsiders
Psychological situation of refugee children in Germany
A highly heterogeneous group
Group leader's contribution
A record of the group leader's observations and associations
The group-oriented Yazidis
A 9-year-old boy, an IS victim, plays in the sand

Chapter 7: Expressive Sandwork Project in a Romanian Orphanage
Expressive Sandwork in Children Homes in Romania

The situation of children living in orphanages
Mihai, a 12-year-old boy living in an extreme environment
Luca, an aggressive 13-year-old boy
Darius, a 12-year-old boy who plays the role of boss
Elena, a 10-year-old girl with an eating disorder
Ronutt Without Birth Certificate: Who am I?
Synchrony between helper and child: Who is helping whom?
Children's impressions of their project participation experience

Chapter 8: Expressive Sandwork Project in the Ukrainian War Zone
Expressive Sandwork in the War Zone in Ukraine

Kyiv, April 2018
'Born mute?' Defense mechanism
Case 1: Lost hair after being hit by a mortar shell
The recovery of 5-year-old Tina
Case 2: Ilya, an 8-year-old boy who was a troublemaker

References

The theme of this book is the mind's remarkable ability and determination to create images and narratives and to exercise self-regulation as soon as a free and protected space for expression is provided.
This applies not only to individuals (children and adults) who struggle with adverse experiences, but also to those seeking deeper meaning in life.
The mind's ability to self-regulate is clearly revealed and experienced in sandplay therapy.


In this book, I will introduce two sandplay application methods that I have developed over 20 years.
These two approaches are for different target groups and extend the same basic principles in two different directions.

The first application is an individual treatment process based on kinesthetic imagination.
In this approach, clients are encouraged to use only sand and water, and are initially guided to exclude verbal descriptions and visual imagery, focusing on the tactile perception of their hands touching the sand.
This perception naturally evokes sensory memories.
The attachment model acquired during childhood (J.
You will quickly have a physical experience that symbolizes it so clearly and concretely that you will directly recognize it (Bowlby).
The process in which kinesthetic imagination occurs is also the moment when a new emotional state within us is created.
I will illustrate, with examples, the process by which clients engage in tactile perception and pre-symbolic and symbolic expression.


The second application is called Expressive Sandwork, a program developed specifically for children in social crisis situations.
This application is currently being carried out by an international team of financial analysts from eight countries.
Expressive sand work is done in groups.
Again, the key to sandplay is the activation of the mind's self-regulatory tendencies.
Several cases will demonstrate how little therapeutic intervention is needed and how specifically self-regulation of psychosomatic systems plays a role when interactions between adult caregivers and children occur at a preverbal, even presymbolic, level.


I will also introduce some actual expressive sandwork projects that have been carried out in the latter part of the book.
One project, carried out in Germany in collaboration with the Jung Institute in Stuttgart, involved playing in the sand with Yazidi children from Iraq who had fled to Germany after being victims of extreme atrocities committed by ISIS.
Each course will demonstrate in a moving and compelling way what the child's mind can achieve, even in the face of extreme trauma.
The same was true for children in Ukraine, where the International Association for Analytical Psychology conducted an expressive sandwork project in five cities, even cities directly located in war zones.
We will also present project examples from Romania and Colombia.


-From the preface