Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2013
Abstract
Children’s dreams often depict waking-life events and experiences. Although dream work therapy for adults is fairly established, recommendations for processing children’s dreams appear fractional. Because of the distinct developmental needs of children, we postulated that sandtray therapy might assist children to express and discover enlarged meanings in dreams. In this article, we present the Sandtray for Interpreting Childhood Dreams (SICD) intervention for the purpose of potentially helping children gain insight into how their dreams may be related to past and present waking-life experiences. An explanation and application of the model is presented, and the developmental rationale for using the SICD intervention with children is provided.
Copyright Statement
This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. This is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this article. The final, definitive version of this document can be found online at International Journal of Play Therapy, published by American Psychological Association. Copyright restrictions may apply. DOI: 10.1037/a0033389.
Publication Information
Swan, Karrie L. and Schottelkorb, April A.. (2013). "Interpreting Children's Dreams Through Humanistic Sandtray Therapy". International Journal of Play Therapy, 22(3), 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033389