A specialized technique aiding in addressing trauma and emotional/behavioral disorders. Sand play therapy is a powerful tool in accessing nonverbal communication patterns through the use of symbolic representation. Children and Adolescent clients often have most success with this therapy due to its ability to unlock deep emotional motives and triggers for dysfunctional behavior and emotions that are often too difficult to articulate at a young age.

Emotionally charged issues can be safely addressed through the use of sand play therapy rather than conventional forms of talk therapy. The sand is the canvas and the miniatures are the symbols used for expression. Negative feelings and memories are brought to surface; the first step in disempowering them. For those suffering with mental health issues and trauma, Sand Pay Therapy can help them connect with emotional layers of hurt and repressed feelings, leading to new accessibility to positive mindsets and behavior. Trauma and painful events can cause blocks in the psyche and lead to a protective shut down, causing misdiagnosed disorders, and misunderstood individuals. So often we want to make sense of our abnormal behavioral, we want to control it and understand it, but most of the behavior is subconscious. Sand allows us to “paint” the picture of the subconscious and finally see it in a tangible and real form. This allows the sand play therapist to guide the client to new levels of healing and understanding