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Posted by Pandabear on April 30, 2004, at 16:55:09
I need to know more about Gestalt and Sandplay therapy...My therapist wants to know what I want to work on this year...and we are going to work on anxiety and self esteem issues ...but how does Sandplay and Gestalt therapy work? I know that with Gestalt..you talk to an empty chair..and I really dont feel comfortable doing that...I have found myself carrying on conversations when im at home...pretending that I am talking to my therapist..when Im upset...and pretending that she responds to me...and i know that is kind of the same in gestalt but I dont want to do that in front of her...is that all that is involved in the therapy?? I dont know what other things there are...and Sandplay...I dont know if I could stand there and build a scene ....is it emotional for people? I dont have a problem becoming emotional...but, I have heard that Gestalt is pretty powerful...I just need to know more about what is out there...I need something to work on. How would a therapist go about working on Self Esteem or Anxiety..does anyone know some techniques? My therapist is into the works of Carl Jung..and so she does mandalas and sandplay and gestalt along with a lot of other types....but i dont know how it all works and I want to know of techniques that are availiable when working with someone that has anxiety and self esteem problems..is gestalt and sandplay therapy a good choice? What else is out there...
Thanks.
PANDABEAR
Posted by Fallen4MyT on May 1, 2004, at 12:28:16
In reply to Gestalt therapy and Sandplay therapy, posted by Pandabear on April 30, 2004, at 16:55:09
Panda I don't have experience in either but maybe try googling it..I have found threads on stuff in here..posted way back and on other boards on topics I was looking for ..this may give you the info till someone who has been in them can post back..Good luck and keep us posted
Posted by fallsfall on May 1, 2004, at 17:59:24
In reply to Gestalt therapy and Sandplay therapy, posted by Pandabear on April 30, 2004, at 16:55:09
The therapist who I *didn't* choose (who came in 2nd) has a sand table in her office. I was really interested in that. She used to be my group therapist, and I went to see her when things started getting out of control with my old therapist. She calmed me down and helped me to understand what some of my basic issues were. I wanted, very badly, to go back again and ask to use the sand table. I envisioned fiddling with the objects (people, animals, and things, too I think) and feeling the soft sand while I was talking to her and not trying to do anything specific with the sand table. Whatever evolved during the session would just *be*. I have a lot of trouble being spontaneous, and I thought that this might be one way of <dare I say this?> letting unconscious thoughts out, past the very strong conscious barriers I have erected. It is strange for me to say this because I have been talking with the therapist who I *did* pick about how I know the theory of the unconscious, but that I (somehow?!?!) truly believed that I was consciously motivating all of my actions. Maybe I thought that I *had* an unconscious, but that I was consciously in control of it. Hmmmm. Thanks for giving me a reason to think about this.
I know that I have read books from the University library that have described sand table therapy. A quick glance through the catalog didn't jog my memory as to which books they were. I believe that one described sand therapy with elderly patients. You might try searching for "sand therapy elderly" on amazon.com.
I'd be interested in what you find out. The idea still facinates me.
Posted by Escher Dementian on May 2, 2004, at 7:00:15
In reply to Gestalt therapy and Sandplay therapy, posted by Pandabear on April 30, 2004, at 16:55:09
>> I need to know more about Gestalt and Sandplay therapy...
>>how does Sandplay and Gestalt therapy work? I know that with Gestalt..you talk to an empty chair..and I really dont feel comfortable doing that...I have found myself carrying on conversations when im at home...pretending that I am talking to my therapist..is that all that is involved in the therapy??
>>Not exactly...
>>I have heard that Gestalt is pretty powerful...I just need to know more about what is out there...I need something to work on. i dont know how it all works and I want to know of techniques that are availiable when working with someone that has anxiety and self esteem problems..
>> Thanks.
>> PANDABEARi enjoyed Gestalt!
Here's a link to previous conversations and books about Gestalt here on PsychoBabble for you, PandaBear:http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20030925/msgs/268220.html
Mobius,
Escher
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