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Scripts in the Sand: Sandplay in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy with Children

Pages 285-293
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article discusses sandplay as a therapeutic tool in clinical work with children. The origins of sandplay are described and its possible use within the theoretical and methodological approach of transactional analysis are described. Several clinical examples illustrate how sandplay can be used within the child-therapist relationship to highlight certain aspects of script and its transformation.

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Cinzia Chiesa

Cinzia Chiesa, Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) is a psychologist and psychotherapist. She works in Milan, Italy, at Centro di Psicologia e Analisi Transazionale [Center for Psychology and Transactional Analysis] as a psychotherapist with children and families and as a trainer and supervisor at Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia [School of Specialization in Psychotherapy]. She can be reached at Via Gentile Bellini 10, 20146 Milan, Italy; e-mail: . This article was originally published under the title “Script in the Sand” in Quaderni di Psicologia Analisi Transazionale e Scienze Umane, 55–56/201, 2011. This is a new, updated version.
 

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