Relational sandplay therapy embraces all of these Kalffian principles:
Provision of the free and protected space.
Loving maternal holding of the temenos.
Receptive openness to the patient and to the unconscious as it emerges.
Allowing the emergence of the Read the rest of this entry »
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I discovered the four archetypal relational fields by accident. I was curious about certain kinds of sandplay work that did not seem to meet the classical Kalffian criteria. These sandtrays were Read the rest of this entry »
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Linda Cunningham Ph.D. is the author of Relational Sandplay Therapy and many articles in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy on the topic of the clinical relationship in sandplay. She gives trainings on the clinical relationship, the therapist’s use of self and sandplay throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in both graduate and postgraduate settings, and is adjunct faculty at The California Institute of Integral Studies and in the Sonoma State University Depth Psychology Graduate Program. Linda holds a doctorate in East-West Psychology. She is a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco and Corte Madera, California. You may contact Linda at 415-346-6363 or at
Linda@relationalsandplaytherapy.com.
