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WP-22 Sandplay Therapy

Name       Yasunobu Okada Nationality       Japan
Title       Professor
Affiliation       Kyoto Bunkyo University
Workshop type       Pre-conference workshop:
    Oct 9th and 10th, 2008 (two days,12hours)
Language       Japanese with Chinese
    translator
Number of   
         trainees   
    30--50
 

Abstract or brief introduction of the workshop

The sandplay therapy is a kind of psycho therapeutic, non-verbal method originated by Frau Dora Kalff of Zurich Switzerland. Clients express their inner worlds utilizing toys, miniatures, and a tray half filled with sand. We think about their worlds using Jungian analytic thoughts.
The relationship between the client and the therapist is important. We always use the sandplay therapy individually. But this time, I would like to try to use the sandplay therapy in a group in order to train psychotherapists. One group consists of 5-6 members. I try to make 3 groups, and arrange 3 sets.
The workshop will show you how to use sandplay. Members of a group decide order. First member puts a toy and in order next. When the last member puts a toy, the first session ends. At that time I take a picture by Polaroid camera. Then after five times or it take 30 minutes, I would announce the last time. There are three rules during the whole workshop. The first is I say that one time member put one toy. But he/she puts some toys in order to make playing boys and girls. The second is that in his/her order he/she removes any toys inside the sandbox but he/she dose not put out any toys from the sandbox. The third is that members do not keep silence during making a picture. After making pictures members talk together about the pictures seeing pictures taken by Polaroid camera.
15-18 members will be invited to the 3 groups.
 
 


CV of the trainer


Yasunobu Okada, PH.D.
Education
1943. Born in Kyoto Japan.
1967. B.A. of the Education Faculty of Kyoto University
1969. M.A. of the Education Postgraduate Course of Kyoto University
1972. Ph.D. of the Education Postgraduate Course of Kyoto University
1980. Ph.D. of Education (Kyoto University)

Professional experience
1972. Assistant Professor of Tenri University
1975. Associate Professor of Tenri University
1984. Associate Professor of Kounan University
1986. Professor of Kounan University
1988. Associate Professor of Kyoto University
1997. Professor of Kyoto University
1999. Director of Counseling Center of Kyoto University
2007. Professor of Kyoto Bunkyo University

Publications
1980. Ph.D. thesis: Research of The Sandplay, Kyoto University.
1984. The fundamental of the Sandplay therapy, Seishinn Shobou.
1987. A attempt of training of psychotherapist by means of the sandplay therapy-narrative method, Kounan Universuty Bulletin of Literature, 63, 1-22.
1991. A attempt of group sandplay therapy, Kyoto University Bulletin, 38, 155-177.
2000. The sandplay therapy and training, co-author, The world of the Sandplay Therapy, Pp.126-130, Shinyousya.
2002. The Training of the Sandplay Therapy, Substance and Periphery of the Sandplay Therapy, Pp.98-112, Shibundou.
 
 

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