Sand Play Therapy Denver Mental Health Therapists

Sand Play Therapy Denver Mental Health Therapists

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Providers Specializing in Sand Play Therapy

Sand play therapy is a form of intervention used with young children. Learn more about Sand Play Therapy below.

Carol Ruddick, LPC

Denver

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Sand Play Therapy

Sand therapy is a symbolic treatment process founded upon the work of Carl Jung. It is designed for children in order to promote emotional development, understanding, and healing. It is occasionally utilized with adults and adolescents, too.

The client is presented with many objects and figures and asked to place them in a sand tray. Theoretically, these figures form a symbolic picture of the client’s unconscious mind, similar to the way an analytically-oriented therapist interprets images from dreams.

This therapy is intended to create a comfortable environment which in turn allows the client to become immersed in the sand therapy process. The therapist is passive, responding primarily to the child’s comments in way that creates a safe and secure invitation to further commentary and exploration.

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Guide to Degrees and Licenses

Ph.D./Psy.D = Doctorate in Psychology

LCSW = Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LPC = Licensed Professional Counselor