Trauma from natural disasters such as the earthquake affected people who have an especially adverse effect
on adolescents living in welfare facilities, they suffer psychological distress and post-traumatic stress. This
study analyzes the symbols, verbal and non-verbal expression expressed during sandplay therapy for
adolescent who suffered the Nepal earthquake and living in welfare facilities. In April 2015, 9 months
after the great earthquake in Nepal, sandplay therapy were provided to 18 adolescents living in welfare
facilities in the Kathmandu, under the consent of the care-giver, records from three adolescents were
provided. The sandplay therapy was conducted one-on-one between a patient and a therapist, for
45-minute each three sessions over 10 days. Sandplay therapy takes a Dora Kalff's approach where a safe
and protected environment is provided in a non-directive, non-structured approach. There five themes were
commonly found in treatment sessions: Safety and protection, peaceful garden, scene of risk or earthquake,
God who is related to everything, and the future of life and independence. In at least two sessions, they
have made picuters of direct verbal expression and scene of risk or earthquake, and simultaneously
expressed religious image of Buddha or Shiva. Additionally, they decorated a garden praying for paradise
or expressed this verbally.
초 록 [영문]
Trauma from natural disasters such as the earthquake affected people who have an especially adverse effect
on adolescents living in welfare facilities, they suffer psychological distress and post-traumatic stress. This
study analyzes the symbols, verbal and non-verbal expression expressed during sandplay therapy for
adolescent who suffered the Nepal earthquake and living in welfare facilities. In April 2015, 9 months
after the great earthquake in Nepal, sandplay therapy were provided to 18 adolescents living in welfare
facilities in the Kathmandu, under the consent of the care-giver, records from three adolescents were
provided. The sandplay therapy was conducted one-on-one between a patient and a therapist, for
45-minute each three sessions over 10 days. Sandplay therapy takes a Dora Kalff's approach where a safe
and protected environment is provided in a non-directive, non-structured approach. There five themes were
commonly found in treatment sessions: Safety and protection, peaceful garden, scene of risk or earthquake,
God who is related to everything, and the future of life and independence. In at least two sessions, they
have made picuters of direct verbal expression and scene of risk or earthquake, and simultaneously
expressed religious image of Buddha or Shiva. Additionally, they decorated a garden praying for paradise
or expressed this verbally.