Introduction
Developmentally, In terms of development, some adults may often have better abilities and skills to express themselves verbally than children. They may seek counseling to process or resolve complex feelings; ultimately seeking a solution to their pain. On the contrary, children may not understand their overwhelming feelings and play therapy can assist them in expressing their thoughts and feelings about their life and those around them. This paper will review a child’s participation in a sandtray activity. Demographics, sandtray process and content, along with treatment and recommendations for the participant will be included.
Participant Demographics
The participant’s name is Connery. He is a 7-year-old male. He is a Caucasian and his primary language is English. Connery and his family are practicing Christians. Connery was referred to play therapy as he has recently had an increase in “behavior problems” in the home setting. Per the participant’s mother, Connery has progressively shown to become angry and defiant towards her. Mother indicated that she and Connery’s father were separated on and off for most of year in 2015. …show more content…
Connery indicated that the wizard was trying to get away from the cops; that he was a bad person. When he was asked to explain why he was bad, he added that the wizard, “zapped a human into a ladybug.” Connery also shared the significance of a few other items in the tray such as the three umbrellas used for decoration, however he then pushed the umbrellas down onto prince Eric, which consequently then fell on the ladybug. Connery was also encouraged to share a story about his sandtray world. He explained again that the police were attempted to kill the wizard, that a man was looking at a phone; mentioning the police about three times during his explanation. He stated that his world was called: “The Mario
Developmentally, In terms of development, some adults may often have better abilities and skills to express themselves verbally than children. They may seek counseling to process or resolve complex feelings; ultimately seeking a solution to their pain. On the contrary, children may not understand their overwhelming feelings and play therapy can assist them in expressing their thoughts and feelings about their life and those around them. This paper will review a child’s participation in a sandtray activity. Demographics, sandtray process and content, along with treatment and recommendations for the participant will be included.
Participant Demographics
The participant’s name is Connery. He is a 7-year-old male. He is a Caucasian and his primary language is English. Connery and his family are practicing Christians. Connery was referred to play therapy as he has recently had an increase in “behavior problems” in the home setting. Per the participant’s mother, Connery has progressively shown to become angry and defiant towards her. Mother indicated that she and Connery’s father were separated on and off for most of year in 2015. …show more content…
Connery indicated that the wizard was trying to get away from the cops; that he was a bad person. When he was asked to explain why he was bad, he added that the wizard, “zapped a human into a ladybug.” Connery also shared the significance of a few other items in the tray such as the three umbrellas used for decoration, however he then pushed the umbrellas down onto prince Eric, which consequently then fell on the ladybug. Connery was also encouraged to share a story about his sandtray world. He explained again that the police were attempted to kill the wizard, that a man was looking at a phone; mentioning the police about three times during his explanation. He stated that his world was called: “The Mario