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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Explore how the Jungian wounded healer informs Rina Louw’s approach to therapy through compassion, self-awareness and thoughtful boundaries.
The Healing Healer: My Approach to Therapy | Rina Louw Read More »
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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A relationship may end, but the emotional and physical effects of what happened within it can remain long afterwards. You may know that the relationship was unhealthy. You may even feel relieved that it is over. Yet your body remains tense, your thoughts return repeatedly to what happened, and trusting yourself—or another person—feels difficult. This
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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?
The Sparrow Symbol: Shadow, Humility and Individuation Read More »
When a child struggles with anger, anxiety, withdrawal, impulsivity or concentration, parents understandably want to know how to stop the difficult behaviour.
Conscious Parenting: Your Child Is Not a Problem to Be Fixed🧰 Read More »
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
There are moments in life when something inside us quietly says: it is time to return to yourself. For me, this next phase is such a time. I now have eighteen months to prepare for the opening of my Sand & Clay Centre — a space where sandplay, clay, symbolic work, inner healing, and creative
Tending the Fire: 18 Months Until the Sand & Clay Centre Opens Read More »
Children do not always have the words to say, “I feel overwhelmed,” “I am scared,” or “My body feels too full.” Sometimes this comes out as crying, anger, restlessness, clinginess, withdrawal, or not listening. Before we try to reason with a child, the body often needs help to feel safe again. One helpful way to
Body Helpers: 5 Simple Ways to Help Your Child Calm Their Nervous System Read More »
Sandplay, Claywork and the Young Child’s Inner World In Jungian Sandplay Therapy and Clay Therapy, children often create images before they have words. A child may place a dragon in the sandtray.Another may bury a small figure beneath the sand.A child working with clay may press, squeeze, tear, smooth, or shape the clay until something
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