- Title
- The effectiveness of the Therapeutic Sandstory Method as a focused intervention with a child: a descriptive single case study
- Creator
- Francis, Staci
- ThesisAdvisor
- Knoetze, Jan
- Subject
- Sandplay therapy
- Subject
- Storytelling Psychological aspects
- Subject
- Social constructionism
- Subject
- Narrative therapy
- Subject
- Child psychotherapy Case studies
- Subject
- Thematic analysis
- Subject
- Data reduction
- Date
- 2023-10-13
- Type
- Academic theses
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/424973
- Identifier
- vital:72198
- Description
- This study explores and describes a phenomenological case study, illustrating a postmodern constructionist orientation to sandtray work with a South African child. The Therapeutic Sandstory Method (TSM) involves the innovative integration of a variety of tenets when working with children– constructing sandworlds, storytelling, the reflection of stories and coherent therapeutic documents in therapy collectively facilitating the healing process. This novel method enables children to translate and communicate their own personal experiences and traumas into a concrete form through storytelling and metaphoric connections constructed in their sandworld. It is anticipated that the TSM is a brief yet feasible, child-centered therapeutic engagement designed to continue the therapeutic process outside of the therapy setting, making it ideally suited for children and adolescents from under-resourced communities. The results of the study revealed improved interpersonal functioning and emotional wellbeing after eight sessions. Contextualized narrative and social constructionist findings are discussed and recommendations made pertaining to future research and practice using TSM with children in therapy.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2023
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (140 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Francis, Staci
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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