Sandtray is a non-verbal therapeutic approach to helping people of all ages. Sand tray therapy was developed by Dora Kalff, who was inspired by Margaret Lowenfeld, a British child psychiatrist and developer of World Technique. Kalff's Jungian-based theory was also influenced by Buddhist contemplative practices. An evidence-based approach, sandtray, helps to lower psychological distress and increase emotional expression, well-being and resilience.
Brainspotting is a powerful brain-body-focused treatment which identifies, processes and releases neurophysiological discomfort, pain, trauma, dissociation and other problematic sensations by combining somatic experiencing, focused attention and the therapeutic relationship.
Mark Grixti's "A sketch animation" describes this in more depth
Somatic experiencing is a body-awareness approach to healing trauma and many mental health difficulties by focussing on safely experiencing the physical, physiological and emotional sensations experienced as a result of stress, anxiety and trauma. Becoming aware of your somatic experience allows you to notice your brain's warning signs of something being wrong. This allows you to determine what action to take before you feel worse.
Somatic experiencing was founded and developed by Peter Levine, author of Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma, based on his observations of wild prey and their innate ability to regulate and discharge the high levels of arousal energy associated with the brain's survival responses. The video demonstrates the somatic release of trauma from the body, which leaves the polar bear .
