The Effect of Sand Therapy On The Person's Emotional World

The first use of sand in therapy was by Margaret Lowenfiled, a British paediatrician. It appeared at the end of 1920. Lowenfiled worked with children and looked for ways to communicate effectively with them. In his work with children, he was influenced by H.G. Wells' book of place plays, published in 1911. Wells' book of floor games includes soldiers, tall boards, blocks, toys. New games of people using these symbolic figures have been mentioned. Sand therapy is a therapy method used in play therapy activities. In sand therapy, it is an effective therapy technique used to express the emotional states in the business world as well as meeting the emotional needs of the person. The sand therapy technique can usually be applied to adolescents and adult individuals in children after 5 years of age. Sand therapy is a technique that affects subconscious functions and processes them. It has functionality that can be used to solve most problems in psychotherapy. Sand therapy gives the opportunity to reach reality, to provide social reality, to repair the inner world. This therapy can also be described as creating a world out of sand. Research shows that sand therapy is used in the treatment of traumas if there is a traumatic situation in solving problems that are difficult in the emotional aspect of the person and in human relations. Positive results are obtained.