Pluralistic Sand-Tray Therapy

Dr Doreen Fleet is a chartered psychologist (Counselling) with the BPS and became BACP accredited in 2007. She was a senior university lecturer and currently offers external postgraduate research supervision at the University of Chester. Doreen has consistently used creative ways of working throughout her teaching and counselling career.

"Creativity in counselling and psychotherapy has been a long-standing tradition and the use of sand tray work to facilitate insight and growth has been established with children and young people, as well as with adults, for many years. Likewise, the development over the last decade of pluralism in therapy has further facilitated creativity in theory, research and practice. Fleet’s superb text sees a perfect synchronicity of these ideas, captured together in way that supports innovation in practice for diverse populations. An essential text for those seeking to further develop their work within a pluralistic frame." - Professor Andrew Reeves, Professor in Counselling Professions and Mental Health, University of Chester and BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist "Pluralistic Sand-tray Therapy provides a contemporary, research-informed introduction to the use of sand-tray therapy with a wide range of client groups. A wide range of practical therapeutic techniques and strategies are explained using vividly-described case examples, in the context of a flexible, collaborative approach to practice that draws on a diversity of theoretical perspectives. This book is a highly recommended resource for all counsellor, psychotherapist or mental health practitioners who are interested in developing a more comprehensive appreciation of how to incorporate sand-tray methods into their work with clients." - Julia McLeod, Lecturer in Counselling, Abertay University "This book provides creative inspiration and practical guidance, as Fleet invites us to explore the sensory and therapeutic strengths of pluralistic sand-tray therapy with adult clients. The approach is considered through theory, client process and applications to practice with illustrative case studies. Fleet spotlights the sand-tray as a metaphorical experiential theatre’, offering sensitive and discerning direction for therapists from a range of theoretical orientations, to develop practice in pluralistic sand-tray therapy with a range of client groups and experiences." - Susan Fleming, Practitioner, Senior Lecturer and Course Director in Counselling and CBT (MBACP, BABCP Accred.)

• 1. Introduction  2. Introducing the pluralistic theoretical framework  3. Sand-tray specific mechanisms  4. The dynamic phenomenological field  5. Additional benefits characteristic of sand-tray therapy  6. Structured sand-tray sessions  7. Particular challenges for sand-tray therapy  8. Protocol for pluralistic sand-tray therapy  9. Pluralistic sand-tray therapy and specific client issues  10. Pluralistic sand-tray therapy with different client groups  11. Clinical supervision of pluralistic sand-tray therapy  12. Drawing on other theoretical orientations in pluralistic sand-tray therapy