• ISBN13: 9780415570527
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: August 13, 2010
• Pages: 220
• Original Price: GBP 41.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 363 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Psychotherapy / Jungian, Psychiatry / General, and Mental Health

This book on sandplay therapy discusses this unique, creative and nonverbal approach to therapy. It focuses on the author's experiences in practice, research and teaching from both the US and Taiwan. Topics include:

• sandplay therapy research conducted in the US and Taiwan
• the importance of symbols in sandplay therapy
• overcoming depression and trauma through sandplay therapy.

It is essential reading for all psychotherapists involved with sandplay therapy, as well as those working with minority groups and those with an interest in cross cultural psychotherapy.

Selected Contents: Part I: Research Conducted in the United States. Part II: The Author's Sandplay Case Done in the United States. Part III: Study of the Symbol. Part IV: Author's Sandplay Research Done in Taiwan. Part V: Author's Sandplay Case Done in Taiwan.

Grace Hong, Psy.D is a clinical psychologist. She has worked for the Hennepin County Court as a psychologist in US for thirty years and since returning home to Taiwan in 1999, she has dedicated herself in teaching sandplay therapy in her home country. She is the founding president of Taiwanese Sandplay Therapy Association and works for The Garden of Hope Foundation as an in-house consultant. She is certified in Taiwan and MN, US as a clinical psychologist and is a teaching member of the International Society of Sandplay Therapy and Sandplay Therapists of America.