Dragons, trees, caves, sacred centres and mandala-like patterns sometimes appear in children’s Sandplay. But when does an image become archetypal? Principle 7 explores how we can recognise archetypal imagery without imposing fixed symbolic interpretations on the child.
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Superhero figures can easily be dismissed as commercial toys or television characters. Yet children do not necessarily experience them that way. Once a figure enters the sandtray and becomes part of the child’s spontaneous story, it may acquire a deeply personal symbolic function.
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In Jungian Sandplay Therapy, healing does not begin only with words or symbols. Through touching, digging, pouring, shaping and burying sand, the child engages the body and sensorimotor system. Drawing on Jung, Dora Kalff, Daniel Siegel and Bessel van der Kolk, Principle 6 explores how bodily experience may gradually develop into form, image, symbol and meaning.
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The ordinary sparrow carries an extraordinary tension between instinct and consciousness, appetite and humility. What can this small bird teach us about shadow, belonging and building a meaningful life one piece at a time?
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Recently, while watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day, I found myself thinking about the powerful connection between Spider-Man and boys’ emotional development. I thought about a twelve-year-old boy building his first sandplay tray. His enthusiasm for Spider-Man made me wonder: Why does this particular superhero speak so strongly to boys, especially during the years between childhood
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A Jungian approach to recognising your child’s inborn nature When a baby is born, we may imagine that a new life begins as an empty page. We may believe that parenting, education and life experience will write the whole story. In this blog we are looking at a Jungian Approach to parenting. But parents often
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It was early on Sunday morning. When I woke, I immediately knew it was Sunday. There was something different in the silence—the crisp air, the birds and the slower rhythm of the world. I thought how wonderful it would be to share this moment with another soul: simply to drink in the peace together and
Parenting is not only about guiding a child’s behaviour. It is also about learning to recognise the unique person who is gradually emerging before us. In this new five-part series, Conscious Parenting: Five Jungian Principles for Raising the Whole Child, Natia and I will explore how Jungian psychology can help parents understand their children—and themselves—more
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.🌿 Introduction to The Transcendent Function in Jungian Sandplay Therapy Children often express their inner world through images long before they can explain it in words. In Jungian Sandplay Therapy, symbols, stories, and symbolic play provide a unique window into the developing psyche. Discover how the transcendent function appears in children’s Sandplay Therapy through symbols,
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Young children do not always begin therapy with words. A child of three, four, or five may not be able to say: “I feel overwhelmed.”“I feel unsafe.”“I do not know how to manage this feeling.”“I need protection.” Instead, the child may show it. They may dig in the sand, bury figures, build walls, hide animals,
