Addressing psychological aspects of physical problems through sandplay: A grounded theory study of therapists’ views

Abstract

The theory suggests how therapists thought that clients may address their physical problems through sandplay and what is important in that process. There was also a suggestion that the focus and themes unfolding in sandplay process may vary depending on whether the clients present with somatisation, chronic illness, or terminal illness.

One Case Study Of Organizational Commitment’s Influence Factors Based On Sandplay

“…At present, the field of sand disc games applied to qualitative research is mainly limited to the field of psychology. For example, Larissa Lagutina1 and others have taken rooted theory to explore the efficacy and mechanism of sandbox games in the treatment of patients with physical diseases with psychological problems [17], According to the principle of grounded theory, Cheng Hua and others encode the work of the initial sand table for the problem children, and get the subject coding table of the sand table with certain validity and stability [18] by the three level encoding, and the Toshihisa Kawahara appears in the Japanese boys by the case study. The image and image of sand are analyzed [19].…”

“Even adults need to play”: Sandplay therapy with an adult survivor of childhood abuse.

“…Sand tray, by comparison, is open to many different theoretical interpretations, and is often used in the assessment or interpretation of the client’s issues, and may be combined with other play-therapy techniques. Sandplay therapy is used with both adults and children across a range of settings, such as schools (O’Brien & Burnett, 2000), medical settings (Lagutina, Sperlinger, & Esterhuyzen, 2011), and family therapy (Carey, 1991). It has also been used to treat PTSD symptoms in adult populations (Moon, 2006) and as an adjunct to behavior therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; Lu, Petersen, Lacroix, & Rousseau, 2010).…”

“…In the context of adult populations, sandplay therapy is used to assist adult medical patients in coming to terms with their conditions (Lagutina et al, 2011) and as an adjunct to CBT with substance-abuse offenders. Studies with this population in prison settings have found Sandplay to be effective in assisting prisoners to gain further insight into their issues (Monakes, Garza, Weisner, & Watts, 2011).…”

Improving Chinese Teachers’ Stress Coping Ability through Group Sandplay

“…Stress cannot be avoided; while mild to moderate stress can enhance work performance, too much stress can be detrimental to one’s physical and mental health (Mark & Smith, 2012). Some studies (Liurong, 2004; Pithers & Soden, 1999) have found that teachers experience greater stress than do the general population, which can lead to serious mental health issues such as job burnout (Lagutina, Sperlinger, & Esterhuyzen, 2013) and facilitate feelings of anger, frustration, anxiety, depression, and nervousness (Ullrich et al, 2012); it can also cause teachers to engage more often in negative behaviors such as overeating or recrimination (Aazami, Shamsuddin, & Akmal, 2015). When teachers inevitably experience negative emotions and become emotionally unstable during their working hours, they are less likely to model proper behaviors for coping with stress to students and other teachers.…”

“…These group therapy interventions, however, are mainly centered on verbal communication behaviors or psychometric examinations, neither of which appear to reduce stress. Thus, it is possible that nonverbal methods might be more advantageous (Lagutina et al, 2013;Schulz, 2018).…”