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A Case Study of Sandplay Therapy with a Middle-Aged Woman Having Difficulty in Relationships

관계에 어려움이 있는 중년기 여성의 모래놀이치료 사례연구

  • Sim, Hee-og (Department of Child & Family Studies, Kunsan National University)
  • 심희옥 (군산대학교 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2017.03.27
  • Accepted : 2017.05.08
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

This study explored the sandplay therapy case of a middle-aged woman having difficulty with interpersonal relationships and wanting to increase her self-identity. The goal of the therapy was to change her relationships with others by self-examination and becoming conscious of her negative animus and femininity in a free and protected space provided by sandplay therapy. Forty-five therapy sessions were held. The client exhibited her lonesomeness and fantasies by making sandtrays of a house she would like to live in, a park she would like to relax at and dreams she would like to fulfill in the initial phase of therapy (1~8, Who am I?). In the intermediate phase of therapy (9~33, Meeting myself), she displayed scenes of her negative self and breaking away from her negative self by making sandtrays of shadows, deaths, creations, a soaring scene and a disappearing alligator. In the final phase of therapy (34~45, Discovery of the real Self), she showed scenes of her meeting a positive self by making sandtrays of hope, coexistence, start, harmony and community. This study showed the effectiveness of sandplay therapy since the client' relationships with others were improved through her self-awareness by sandplay therapy in the free and protected space.

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