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Table 3 Directives of school sand play group counseling

From: The clinical effects of school sandplay group therapy on general children with a focus on Korea Child & Youth Personality Test

Directives

Session

Contents of Directive words

Departure

1

Imagine departure of the journey of the heart.

Express the feeling freely while touching the sand.

Search (Self-emotional contact and expression)

2

Close your eyes. Touch the sand. Feel the basic emotions of sadness, joy, pain, happiness, and express them in a sand tray.

3

Remind yourself of the events and situations you’ve been through and freely express your inner feelings.

Conflict and struggle

4

Feel negative emotions such as conflict and struggle and express them freely

5

Imagine and express freely the heroes who face difficulties, hardships and adversity

Relationship (Family, friend, school)

6

Express feelings as you think about your family

7

Express your feelings in the sand tray while thinking about your friends and school.

Self understanding and acceptance

8

Express yourself in the sand tray. (Including past, present, future me, negative me, positive me)

9

Recall your sand work you’ve made up until now. Express the center of my heart and treasure.

New birth

10

Imagine and express yourself in the new me, the future.

  1. Pre/Post test is carried out separately.