Sand therapy

Sand therapy helps to achieve internalHarmonyPhoto: Getty ImagesSand therapy has become widely used due to analytical psychotherapists, followers of Carl Gustav Jung. However, the science fiction writer Herbert Wells first talked about her, who, observing his children, discovered that boys, with the help of playing with small figures, cope with problems that arise in reality, including difficulties in communication. In the sand, these toys were offered to move already the English psychologist Margaret Lovenfeld. The children she worked with liked the new game, because with her help they formed their own world. Sand therapy can help children, but also adults. With its help, you can express what can not translate into words, achieve inner harmony, make the right decision. Sand therapy practices help to establish access to deep levels of the psyche that heals the unconscious, because an adult or a child makes their anxieties and fears tangible, visible. Child sand therapy is especially effective in delaying mental development when a child does not have enough vocabulary to express their anxiety . Also, it is useful in the experience of some traumatic situations when working with psychosomatic disorders. What tools does sand therapy use for children? It is a wooden tray measuring 50x70x8, its inner surface is painted in blue, which during work will symbolize the sky and water. Such a box is filled with half-clean sifted sand, this will be the "horizon line". For studies with sand, you also need a variety of shapes that depict everything that can surround us in reality (cars, houses, trees, people, animals, etc.), as well as some fairy-tale characters.In the game with sand, fine develops finemotorykaPhoto: sotssetiSpecialists of sand therapy do not seek to change the child, do not teach him how to behave properly in this or that situation, but simply allow him to be himself, express what worries him. For example, instead of talking about his feelings, he can throw a figure, or bury it, or drown. This is very eloquent. The psychologist does not interpret the game with sand, does not direct the process, but acts as an active spectator. It is extremely rare that a child refuses to play with sand, because this is a natural activity for the child. This method not only stabilizes the psychoemotional state, but also contributes to the development of fine motor skills, social orientation. Also helps to unravel the mysteries of the inner world of "special" children. How to deal with?