A Study on the Therapeutic Factors of Sandplay Therapy ; from the Viewpoint of Client's Subjective Experiences in the Process of Serial Sandplay Sessions

• Project/Area Number: 20730459
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Bukkyo University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIHARA Hiroshi Bukkyo University, 教育学部, 准教授 (40378500)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 箱庭 / 箱庭療法 / 体験 / 連続性 / 治療的要因

Research Abstract

How do the experiences in the serial sessions of Sandplay therapy make the therapeutic changes in the client's daily life? The purpose of this research was to describe it. Three non-clinical and eleven clinical cases were analyzed by qualitative method. In conclusion, it was suggested that, when Sandplay could fully work as therapeutic tool, the clients will psychologically condense all their experiences in lifetime into an expression of Sandplay. This psychological condensation was considered to be what connected the changes of Sandplay expression to therapeutic changes in daily life.