Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction: what is Sandplay therapy? -- Part I Sandplay therapy in medicine -- 2 Facing death: Sandplay at the threshold -- 3 Sandplay: a group therapy adaptation with in-patient eating disorder patients -- Part II Sandplay with special populations -- 4 Sandplay therapy in Nepal: case studies of underprivileged children -- 5 Cultural crisis: complex collective trauma and Sandplay therapy in the Bedouin population of Israel -- 6 Sandplay with young people with intellectual disability -- Part III Sandplay in analysis and general practice -- 7 Sandplay therapy with children experiencing somatic symptoms -- 8 Sandplay: the language of two boys' work to mend their early attachment wounds -- 9 Growing up with Andrew: a young boy's discovery of Self in Sandplay -- 10 Dissipating anger and defiance: the intrapsychic process of differentiation -- 11 The development of Sandplay therapy treatment for prolonged and complex trauma related to war and terrorism in the Middle East -- 12 Healing trauma through Sandplay therapy: a neuropsychological perspective -- 13 Rikki's awakening: a journey of discovery of transgender -- 14 Attuning to the flow of relational energies in Sandplay: healing complex trauma in adults -- Part IV Adaptations of the Sandplay method in education -- 15 Sandtray Play and storytelling: a catalyst for imaginative thinking in children's educational and emotional development -- 16 Developing language skills and emotional intelligence in the elementary school through sand tray stories -- 17 Clinical supervision using sand tray therapy methods -- Part V Sandplay and the spirit -- 18 Return to the spirit in Sandplay