People often come to therapy because aspects of their life are feeling out of balance or disconnected. They feel stuck and struggle to see beyond their current circumstances.

Sand Tray generates imagery, metaphor and greater understanding of the interconnections between different facets of experience. This brings greater understanding, and a vantage point for seeing the bigger picture of life to what else is possible. Simply put, to get unstuck and restore connection and balance: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

What is Sand Tray Therapy?

In Sand Tray Therapy, clients construct a ”world” with their hands, within a tray of neutral or coloured sand, using miniature figures, natural elements and art materials. This world is a microcosm of their inner world. They get to see the relationships between people and things, and move them around. This created world acts as a tangible reflection of their own life, giving them an opportunity to resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and to connect to their inner beings as they are witnessed and supported by an experienced therapist.

Often, people are able to manifest in Sand Tray things they would otherwise not be able to vocalize or address in traditional therapy. Sand Tray is particularly useful for accessing and working through traumatic memories, even preverbal or unspoken ones, in a way that feels contained and supported.

As a Sand Tray therapist, Bonney does not interpret or analyze people’s worlds. She sits with clients and asks questions to take them deeper into their experience, like you might ask an artist about their painting. It is a powerful and potentially healing process.

Who is Sand Tray Therapy for?

Clients who are seeing Bonney for psychotherapy may choose to do a one-off Sand Tray session, to go deeper into a particular area, often an area where they are stuck. Sand Tray helps them to tell their story visually and see it from multiple perspectives, which can help translate their experience into words, to process and find meaning. Others see Bonney solely for Sand Tray work, either once in awhile or for a few back to back sessions to work on a particular issue.

Sand Tray Therapy for couples
Building a Sand Tray together can be a powerful medium for couples wanting to bridge their worlds or shift them apart in a respectful way.

Sand Tray and the workplace
Sand Tray lends itself well to organizational visioning, to provide a collective experience for teams working together, or as adjunct to individual therapy for those who are feeling burnt out in their work or want to vision changes in their work life.

Sand Tray in clinical supervision
The Sand Tray medium is well suited for case conceptualisation in clinical supervision, and intradisciplinary consultation with clinicians who feel stuck or seek a deeper level of processing in their work with clients.

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