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The Value of Sandplay as a Therapeutic Tool for School Guidance Counsellors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Sarah Goss  and
Marilyn A. Campbell
Sarah Goss
Affiliation:
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Marilyn A. Campbell*
Affiliation:
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
*
School of Learning and Professional Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, Qld 4059. E-mail: ma.campbell@qut.edu.au
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Abstract

Sandplay therapy is a technique that is a potentially valuable tool for guidance counsellors working in the context of challenging school environments. It is particularly suited to work with children and adolescents as it provides unique and developmentally appropriate opportunities for them to engage in the therapeutic process. In fact, as it is play-based and developmentally appropriate, sandplay may be a useful adjunct for the mainly cognitive and behavioural techniques most commonly used by school guidance counsellors. It provides a multiple intelligences perspective and may meet the specific needs of children with particular cognitive and socioemotional difficulties more effectively than the traditional ‘talking’ therapies.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , December 2004 , pp. 211 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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