A Study on the Effects of Sandplay Therapy on Second Grade Middle School Students with PTSD

Abstract

This study aimed to explore whether sandplay therapy could offer an effective psychological intervention for middle school students with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We conducted sandplay therapy on six occasions with second-grade middle school students with PTSD and subsequently observed a significant decrease in their PTSD total scores. Our follow-up assessments of the subjects six months later showed that the related indicators remained within an acceptable range. Based on these results, we have concluded that sandplay therapy offers an effective psychological intervention for teenagers with PTSD.

Effect of Sandplay Therapy on the Mental Health Level of College Students

“…The materials for SP therapy include a 57 × 72 × 7 (cm) sandboxes (painted blue on the inside), sand, and various types of toy models [5]. Its treatment hypothesis believes that everyone has a tendency to heal their psychological trauma in the depths of their souls, if there is a "free and protected" space; the self-healing ability of research subjects can be brought into play [6]. In the mental health education of college students, the application of individual court and group court should be combined to make full use of its nonverbal advantages in the court therapy [7], to help students express their emotions well in the early stages of adult development, to provide a good solution for students who have problems in learning burnout, social anxiety, maladjustment, career decision-making, and so on, and to encourage them to constantly improve their ability of self-exploration, constantly explore the unknown self, and promote the improvement of self-healing ability and the growth of healthy psychology [8,9].…”