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Sandtray therapy is a branch of Art Therapy. Sandtray Therapy often falls under the Art Therapy category of Play Therapy, and is sometimes referred to as Sandplay Therapy. Sandtray Therapist must be certified through the Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) or the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST). Having a Play Therapy certification on its own does not meet the requirements of being a Sandtray Therapist. It takes 120 hours of education to become a certified Sandtray Therapist.

Sandtray Therapy
As described under Wikipedia's Play Therapy page, "Play therapy using a tray of sand and miniature figures is attributed to Margaret Lowenfeld, who established her "World Technique" in 1929. Dora Kalff combined Lowenfeld's World Technique with Jung's idea of the collective unconscious and received Lowenfeld's permission to name her version of the work "sandplay" (Kalff, 1980).

A sandtray should be 22.5" x 28.5" with a Cerulean or Cobalt blue bottom and sides to represent water or sky. Cerulean blue should be used in dry trays, while Cobalt is appropriate for trays with real water.

Sandtray therapy can be non-directive therapy - where a client freely chooses miniatures and places them in the sand without given directions - or it can be more directive. An example of a common directive for Sandtray therapy is, "Depict your problem." A client can choose miniatures to represent themselves, others, and/or current obstacles in their lives. By visually representing these problems in the sandtray, it can become easier to develop a solution to a problem.

Sandtray therapy sounds simple in concept, but quickly reveals the very complicated relationships we have in our lives. There are two kinds of images created in art therapy - the diagrammatic (image that is of the client’s issue) & the embodied image (preconscious/unconscious client image). Clients often do not see how they created their sandworld or what it means. “Objects used in art or in sandplay may be magically invested with a sense of protection conferred by their identification with a memory or important people... Early mark making combines curiosity, movement, and motor control into a visually validating symbol of one’s existence.”

Sandtray therapy is a non-threatening form of therapy that can easily adapt to clients and their various needs. Sandtray therapy does not require verbal communication, and this aspect of therapy appeals to a large variety of clients. A client who is non-verbal, or has experienced trauma may be better suited to this type of therapy because the sandtray that they create speaks for itself.

Sandtray Therapy during Covid-19
Sandtray Therapy relies on a client's freedom to touch the miniatures and sand. During Covid-19, Sandtray therapists have had to adapt the sandtray process to accommodate for the safety of themselves and clients. There are several ways this is being achieved. One is simply to have therapist and clients wear face masks, disinfect the miniatures after each use, and clean the sand. Cleaning sand is typically a 72 hour process, so it is best to use this practice if the therapist has multiple sandtrays.

Another adaptation is creating take-away sandtrays for clients so that they can participate in therapy via Zoom. A take-away tray can be created from a tupperware with a cobalt or cerulean blue bottom. The bottom can be painted or a blue paper can be glued down. The sand should fill three-quarters of the tray, and soft white sand is preferred for this. The wall of miniatures should be photographed in detail so the client has the same opportunities they would in session. The client can virtually choose as many miniatures as they wish before the session and the therapist can drop them off.

Sandtray Therapy: A Practical Manual

 * Sandtray therapy: A practical manual (3rd ed.)

Sandtray Therapy Articles

 * 1) There are an abundance of resources available through the STA/ISST
 * 2) Sandplay: A Psychotherapeutic Approach to the Psyche, Images of the Self: The Sandplay Therapy Process
 * 3) "Sandtray Supervision": Integrating Supervision Models and Sandtray Therapy
 * 4) “Offerings”: A Flexible Technique for Assessment,Therapy, and Education
 * 5) Utilizing Sandtray Within the Discrimination Model of Counselor Supervision
 * 6) Cultural Issues in Play Therapy
 * 7) A child's sandtray play mirrors the world of her father
 * 8) Bridging Sandtray-Worldplay and Psychometrics: Exploring and Re-evaluating The World Test Tradition
 * 9) Sandtray worldplay with couples- Applications and techniques
 * 10) Voices From the Past: John-Hood Williams and the Sandtray
 * 11) Sandtray worldplay- A psychotherapeutic technique
 * 12) Using Creative Techniques With Children WhoHave Experienced Trauma
 * 13) A Sandtray a Day Keeps the Doctor at Play:Using Sandtray for Personal and Professional Development
 * 14) Sandtray Therapy: A Familial Approach to HealingThrough Imagination
 * 15) Redemption of the Shattered: A Teenager’s Healing Journey Through Sandtray Therapy
 * 16) Leaving it in the Sand: Creatively ProcessingMilitary Combat Trauma as a Means for Reducing Risk of Interpersonal Violence
 * 17) Play in Supervision
 * 18) Student Perceptions of Sandtray in Solution-Focused Supervision
 * 19) Using Sandtray as a Collaborative Assessment Tool for Counselor Development
 * 20) Sand, Water, and Universal Form in Sandplay and Art therapy
 * 21) Foundation and Form in Jungian Sandplay: An Art Therapy Approach

External links section
https://www.sandplay.org/

https://sandtraytherapy.org/how-to-become-sandtray-therapist/

https://www.sandplaytrainingworldwide.com/become-a-certified-sandplay-therapist

https://arttherapy.org/about-art-therapy/

https://www.baat.org/about-art-therapy