By Rina Louw | Clinical Social Worker & Sandplay Therapy Practitioner 🧩 Your Child’s Behavior Is Trying to Tell You Something “He just explodes out of nowhere.”“She shuts down when I ask what’s wrong.”“Why does everything become a fight?” These are questions many parents of primary school children quietly carry. It can feel confusing, frustrating,
By Rina Louw | Clinical Social Worker & Sandplay Therapy Practitioner 🌋 A Boy, A Volcano, and a Soldier A young boy enters the sandplay room. He walks straight to the sandtray and places a small volcano in the center. He surrounds it with soldiers. Then, with sudden force, he smashes them all. He does
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In the world of Jungian Sandplay Therapy, a child’s use of symbols is a window into their inner world, revealing emotions, conflicts, and desires that they may not yet have the words to express. Among these symbols, the house holds a special significance, particularly for children aged 5 to 10. In this blog, we’ll explore
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Clay therapy is a unique and transformative approach to emotional healing and self-discovery. Rooted in the expressive arts and psychology, this therapeutic modality allows individuals to engage with clay as a medium to explore their emotions, resolve inner conflicts, and foster personal growth. Lynne Souter-Anderson, in her insightful book Touching Clay, Touching What? (2010), delves
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Have you ever felt an unexplained surge of anger, jealousy, or fear and wondered where it came from? Or found yourself reacting in ways that seem out of character? These moments often point to the shadow—those hidden, unknown parts of ourselves that Carl Jung described as the unconscious aspects of the psyche. Jung offered a
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Have you ever felt like life is passing by in a blur? Maybe you’re chasing goals, responsibilities, or dreams, but something still feels incomplete. Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and thinker, believed that much of our struggle comes from focusing too much on the world outside and not enough on the world within. One of
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Have you ever felt stuck, like something deep inside is holding you back, but you can’t quite figure out what it is? Maybe it’s a recurring pattern in your relationships, unexplained feelings of anxiety, or a sense that you’re not living fully as yourself. Carl Jung, a renowned Swiss psychiatrist, believed that these struggles often
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“Man becomes whole, integrated, calm, fertile, and happy when (and only when) the process of individuation is complete, when the conscious and the unconscious have learned to live at peace and to complement one another.” ― C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols Introduction Have you ever looked at a yellow lemon on a tree and
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After responding to the initial Call, you find yourself standing at the threshold of the unknown, ready to embark on the second step of your journey: The Departure. This pivotal moment marks the decision to leave the familiar and venture into new territory, whether that journey is literal, physical, or metaphorical. By accepting the challenge
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My personal path This is the story of Lyra the She-Wolf. This is my story. My early years were a mix of scarcity and the earth’s richness. I grew up in a pink house under a palm tree, where a man in a wheelchair always sat, smiling, longing for company. We were an Afrikaans farmer’s
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