Counselors’ Experiences Using Sandtray Therapy for Recovery Adolescents

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200824.155How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sandtray therapy, counselor, recovery, adolescent

Abstract

Sandtray therapy is an approach in counseling field. This approach uses play as a method for client to express their emotion, thought, behavior and experience related to the issue of their problems. The objective of this study is to explore the counselor’s experience using sandtray therapy approach in group counselling for adolescent-substance abuse client’s on early recovery. An interview was conducted to four facilitators who have been trained using sandtray therapy. There was 32 adolescents who on early recovery involved as clients substance abuse. The thematic process was used to explore their experience of conducting group. Counselling using sandtray therapy approach. The finding shows that the sandtray approach enable the counselor’s to explore issues among clients. Thus, the counseling process was processed effectively. This study also found that the client’s dialect was the limitation of the study. Follow-up study is suggested for further research to explore the client’s experience during early recovery intervention.

Copyright

© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Anas Zulhifzi Buang
AU  - Ku Suhaila Ku Johari
AU  - Zuria Mahmud
AU  - Dharatun Nissa Puad Mohd Kari
AU  - Salleh Amat
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/25
TI  - Counselors’ Experiences Using Sandtray Therapy for Recovery Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 689
EP  - 693
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.155
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.155
ID  - Buang2020
ER  -