Sandplay Therapy

Here is a sweet thing, one among many, that Sandplay Therapy provides. A chance to silence, and go in. In a world where things are changing rapidly, and we are called upon to check our perspectives, and recheck the facts, and talk to neighbors whose views differ, in a world where we want to be involved with honestly and integrity, in a world where we seek to know how to BE the change, in a world where things that used to make sense no longer do and we are left grasping, the sand offers us a gift. In the sand, our hands do the expressing. In the sand, we can find physical and emotional grounding. In the sand, we set aside our thinking, striving minds, and let the psyche speak through the lovely, multi-layered language of symbol.  The sand is the place where our own unconscious can be honored. With all the noise and demands of our world, more than ever we need to go down, settle in, find our roots, give voice to the quiet, sit with what is in us, regain our center.  

This is one of the reasons I fell in love with Sandplay Therapy, and this is one of the reasons it is open to anyone who comes into my office. Breathe, go deep, let your hands and your unconscious speak what you may not even know needs to be spoken. It is by providing space for the healing of the world within us that we create space for the healing of the world around us.