Today Sandplay (play sand) is a full-fledged psychoanalytic technique recognized worldwide. Sandplay participate in the work of two - the client and therapist. Thus, when the client is a child, the therapist pre-meets with the parents and is a so-called "therapeutic contract" as a child, and parents. "Contract" means a discussion goals of therapy, its stages, the behavior of parents and frequency of discussion.

In the office of the therapist, there are two sand-box standardized shape and size. They stand around the table, inside painted blue and filled with light quartz sand. In a dry sand, wet in another. Toys - animals, trees, people of different ages and nationalities, houses, stones, glass, feathers, etc. - Located in designated shelves. A collection of miniature figures and objects, water and sand are designed to awaken the imagination. Figures images are always at hand and do not have to create each time, and most importantly - they are suitable for a symbolic expression of many human experiences. Toys carefully selected by the therapist, having passed its own analysis and have experience of the Sand

Sandbox and the miniature toy in the treatment and training for today is used by many child psychologists and educators. When correctly set for such gaming activities are of great therapeutic, training and educational value. It is essential that kind of approach is of a specialist, using the work of sand, water and toys, as it largely determines the shape, purpose and objectives.

The founder of Sandplay ( "Playing with the sand") is a Dora Kalff, student of KG Young cultures of East and researcher. She also studied at the British child psychotherapist Margaret Lovenfeld, which in 1929 proposed to the therapeutic session for children with sand box, water and miniature toys. Lovenfeld call this "technique of building peace." Today Sandplay is a full-fledged psychoanalytic technique, recognized throughout the world.
If we are talking about Sandplay, technology evolved in line with the analytical psychology, his philosophy is based on yungovskom perspective on the nature of the mental, ie, mind is defined tselokupnostyu all mental processes, conscious and unconscious, as the moving fluid and changing event with kaleidoscopic rapidity. By Yungu, mind has its own deep wisdom and potential for healing and transformation. To enhance the immunity of mental conditions. With these conditions is a reliable and safe space where you can feel the fluidity and variability of mental primarily due to fixation and imaging. In Sandplay sandbox, a room and, of course, the therapist contribute to the human sense of security and freedom of action. The optimal size of sand, kept in sight all the sand and give the picture to feel the boundary.

Along with a high emotional lift, often accompanied by song, and a sense of security because - sand world - this world is under control. Office of the therapist as well as the sandbox is temenosom - a sacred place of a meeting with himself, so it is important when entering into "contract" to determine the rules, defining boundaries, and thus the possibility of security. As introetsirovannymi asked boundaries are a significant factor inhibitor of mental energy. So детишкам immediately explained that, while in the room, you can do and what not. Focusing on the latter. The prohibitions apply only to bodily injury, break toys and eruptions of sand on the floor. The use of sand is not a client itself. There are children and adults who are required to have passed some time before they are ready to work with sand, so in the office, there are other toys, items for the joint games and accessories for drawing, - that is suitable for therapeutic work. The position of the therapist - this is the position: "the silent witness" and "Inclusion of observers." To acquaint with the existing objects in the room, a therapist encouraged the free flow of sincerely expressing curiosity and surprise the process, willingness to support and understand. It also carries out feedback otzerkalivaya images and emotions in the process of working with doubts and fears. There shall be no direct involvement in creating a sandy composition, with the exception of those cases, if the client requests help. At the end of songs, perhaps to discuss its terms of symbolism, or how to feel this or that character. These stories, and let out during and after the creation of pictures sometimes help to link the magical world of sand from the actual life situation of clients. Interpretation is usually done after a certain number of sessions will be held. However, each process is in itself so unique that it is not so hard to talk about the rules in this sense. In doing so, I wish to emphasize that children's work is not interpreted at all. This is very important because the interpretation of the adult sand picture can be perceived as criticism of the child. Being responsible for the emotional welfare of the child, a therapist is in contact with the parents, ie He tell them information about the child's feelings and emotions. The willingness to cooperate on the part of parents is an important pillar in the work. Sometimes kids want to see a mother or father attended the session, or call them at the end of it to show your shortbread creation. Shared experiences during the creation of the sand allows parents to better understand what happens to the child.

Sandplay, a recognized method of psychoanalytic therapy, a relatively recently begun to find its followers among the local psychologists and psychotherapists.