Sandplay som terapeutisk metode, har eksisteret i mange år.
Tilbage i 1950’erne udviklede den jungianske psykolog Dora Kalff ’Sandplay Terapi’. Ud over C.G. Jungs viden, indsigt og forståelse af det menneskelige sind, tager sandplay også udgangspunkt i Læge Margereth Lowenfeldt ’World Technique’. Lowenfeldt var den første til at oprette en psykologisk klinik for børn i England.
Arbejdet med at kombinere det dybde psykologiske fra C.G.Jung med viden og indsigt i at arbejde med sand og figurer, ledte Dora Kalff til metoden, som vi i dag kender som Sandplay Terapi. Metoden bliver brugt i store dele af verden.
Der er naturligvis forsket i effekten af Sandplay terapi. I nedenstående ’abstract’ kan du læse om et nyere større amerikansk studie. Du kan tilgå hele studiet via www.apa.org, a meta-analysis of sandplay therapy treatment outcomes.
ABSTRACT:
A Meta-Analysis of Sandplay Therapy Treatment Outcomes
Jacquelyn K. Wiersma, Lorraine R. Freedle, Rachel McRoberts, and Kenneth B. Solberg.
Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Trauma Research Foundation Black Sand Neuropsychological Services,
Hilo, Hawai’i, Unites States Department of Counseling,
University of the Cumberlands.
“Sandplay Therapy is a cross-cultural, psychodynamic, non directive, multi sensory psychotherapy method, founded by Dora Kalff. Sandplay is used with children and adults with a range of mental health problems. Despite sandplay’s growing popularity, its empirical evidence base is less developed than more well-known therapies. This international study provides a meta-analysis of the available quantitative outcomes studies in order to summarize the growing evidence base of sandplay. The meta-analysis specifically examined emotional and behavioral outcome measures of treatment with sandplay therapy. The initial search identified 1,715 potential records from over 16 countries. After screening, 40 studies from eight countries representing 1,284 participants met the inclusion criteria. Mean effect sizes were calculated using a random effects model with the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) program. The overall effect size was large (Hedges’ g = 1.10). Large effect sizes were maintained for internalizing, externalizing, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. improved effect sizes were associated with individual treatment over the group format. These results suggest that sandplay therapy is an effective treatment method for children and adults with wide variety of mental health concerns. Limitations and suggestions for further research are discussed. “