What is the Mental Sandbox? What does it do? How does it work? And how is it analyzed? These questions may be what many people want to know when they are interested in the mental sandbox. This article will introduce the psychological sandbox from these aspects, hoping to bring you some inspiration and harvest.
Psychological sand table is a kind of use of sand table, sand and a variety of small toys for psychological ** method, it is an application of Jungian analytical psychology, founded by the British doctor Margaret Lowenfeld in 1939, later developed by the Swiss psychologist Calf, in 1998 by Beijing Normal University Professor Zhang Risheng introduced to China.
The role of the psychological sandbox is mainly in the following aspects:
It helps clients express and explore their inner world, especially feelings, thoughts, and conflicts that are difficult to describe in words.
It stimulates the imagination and creativity of visitors, allowing them to freely construct their own ideal world in the sandbox, or reflect their own real-world problems.
It can promote the psychological integration of visitors, let them find their own psychological resources in the sand table, reconcile their psychological contradictions, and achieve psychological balance and harmony.
It can enhance the self-confidence and self-esteem of the visitor, allow them to experience their own abilities and values in the sand table, and improve their psychological adaptability.
The process of psychological sandbox is generally divided into the following steps:
Preparation stage: The counselor should provide the client with a quiet, comfortable and undisturbed environment for the client to relax and trust, and at the same time introduce the basic rules and purpose of the psychological sandbox, so that the client understands his role and expectations.
Production stage: The counselor should give the client a simple instruction, such as "please use sand and toys to make a world you want in the sand table", and then let the client freely choose and place the toys in the sand table to build their own sand table works, this process generally lasts 15 to 30 minutes, the counselor should remain silent and observant, do not interfere and evaluate.
Communication stage: When the visitor completes the sand table work, the psychological counselor should take pictures and record, and then invite the visitor to describe and explain his sand table work, and the psychological counselor should use open questions and feedback to guide and encourage the visitor, so that the visitor can deeply understand the meaning and feelings expressed by his sand table work.
Analysis stage: This stage is the stage where the psychological counselor analyzes and interprets the client's sand table works, and the psychological counselor should combine the client's personal background, cultural background and collective unconscious background to analyze the integrity, spatial configuration, theme, archetype and other aspects of the sand table works, find out the client's psychological problems and psychological needs, and provide a basis for subsequent psychological intervention.
The psychological sand table is a creative psychological way, which allows visitors to express and explore their inner world through toys and sand in the sand table in a safe and free space, so as to achieve the purpose of psychological growth and psychological growth. The psychological sandbox is not only suitable for children, but also for **, it can help clients solve various psychological problems, such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, interpersonal relationships, etc. Psychological sand table can also be used in psychological education, psychological assessment, psychological counseling and other fields to provide an effective way for people's mental health and happiness.