What is sand tray game

A tray of fine sand, a bottle of water, a shelf of various objects, together with the therapist's attention and input, and the visitor's free expression and creation, constitute the most basic elements of sand tray game! In this simple setup, the inner world can be presented, the mind can be enriched and developed, and healing and transformation are possible. We are all curious about the world of sandtray games, so let's follow me into the world of sandtray games!

Sand tray game is also known as box game. Sand tray game therapy is an internationally popular method of psychotherapy. It is widely used in schools and kindergartens for children's psychoeducation and psychotherapy; it is also popular in universities and adult psychiatric clinics. By evoking the child's mind, people find a way to return to their hearts, and then problems such as physical and mental disorders, social maladjustment, and personality development disorders are dissolved in the sand tray.

The sand tray game is a psychological counseling method in which the child, accompanied by a sand tray teacher, freely selects sand tools from a sand tray rack and carries out self-expression in a special box filled with fine sand.

Sand tray game is widely used in the treatment of children's learning difficulties, emotional disorders, aggressive behavior, adjustment disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.; children's ADHD, inattention, anorexia, silent introverted, depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses have a better therapeutic effect; in the enhancement of the children's self-concept, interpersonal relationships, personal growth, self-confidence, etc. has a very good help; in the auxiliary rehabilitation of Children with autism, Asperger's and other pervasive developmental disorders have a certain degree of help.

The sand tray game has two basic components: sand and miniature models of people or objects. Sand is one of the most popular materials for children to play with, and almost everyone has had the experience of playing with sand as a child, and children from different countries and different periods of time are almost no exception. The fluidity and plasticity of sand allow people to use their imagination to build castles, villages, mountains, rivers, and anything else in their mind. Because sand grains are formed by the weathering of rocks on the Earth's surface, sand was also considered ideal for pouring and shaping symbolic images of the world.

Sand Tray for People

Sand Tray play is especially suited to children because they have a constant joy in creative play and molding of toys, and because they still have an innate understanding of the symbolic language of the sand tools they are using. The biggest difference between Sand Tray play and other games is that it touches on deeper issues within the child, which allows them to balance outer reality and inner reality while playing. This enables them to balance the external and internal realities and gradually achieve self-healing, thus changing their behavior. Children's autism, ADHD, aggressive behavior, inattention, homework and exam procrastination, poor self-control, tics, enuresis, Internet addiction, anorexia, poor interpersonal relationships, child depression, phobias, etc. particularly adaptable, in fact, many children in the learning difficulties behind the root cause is a child neurological disorder.

According to the principle of the sand tray and the role of the special magic, but also particularly suitable for adults, especially for some neurological disorders such as anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social phobia, postpartum depression and menopausal syndrome is very effective; for some emotional distress, career choice, work stress, couples and marital relations also have a very good therapeutic effect.

Suitable for couples, enterprises, students, teachers and other types of people for group therapy, provides a way for people to learn to adapt and sense the psychology of others, to increase group cohesion, strengthen interpersonal relationships have great benefits.

Sand Tray Advantages

①The sand tray game becomes a language through which children can express their inner world. In this game kingdom, children get what they need here, natural play and natural expression, children love it, so it can help teachers and parents to better interpret the child's heart.

②The sand tray game bridges the communication between adults and children. We usually can't understand the child's behavior and the real inner world through words, but through the sand tray, the consultant can communicate and dialogue with the child. Sandplay is like a window that can open or penetrate the mind of the teenager, so sandplay is very therapeutic.

③ The sand tray game can show the inner conflict faced by teenagers, and help the children to solve and vent their emotions. In the process of sand tray game, this is the adolescents' own world, they can freely interpret the world, in the process of creating this world, their emotions can be unblocked, bad emotions can be released.