SANDTRAY WORKSHOP EXPERIENCES- 4 MORE LEVELS TO COME
What happened?-The sandtray workshop in early September 2008 was something that I want to go into. My experience of the sandtray is it's a tool that helps me to express my thinking , feeling and action easier and faster in a way that those small figureins triggers some past or new thoughts, feelings and behaviours versus if I was just talking to the counselor.
What are you feeling?-As I layout the sandtray "stories" past experiences especially treasured moments with friends and family came in flashing inmy mind.
How did I react?-As an outer witness to the others'sandtray, wow I realise how unique the Human Being is! same thing/figurines gave different meanings. different colour have difference association of different experiences.
What did you do?-As a counselor I need to remind myself that ..it is always about the client and his/her relationship to another human being...if I remember that, and practice seeing things from the client's perspective than the session can connects....and start the issue/concerns dealings according to the client.
What did I learn about myself? I did not know any of the sandtray participants..I was suprised that that many experienced counselors in Malaysia wanting to learn about this tool of SANDTRAY. I got nothing on actual counseling experience. It sort of frightened me to be allowed to become a mock counselors for one of the tray in that workshop. As I practiced to give feedback, my brain was catching up on what is spoken, on what the client is not saying, an on the said meaning og things in the tray. It was a stressful 10 minutes of giving my feedback. My upperarms muscles tensed and by whole body hardened but I manage to listen, and give the feedback. Until you go through the experience you or rather I cannot say anything.Oh, I have changed. I learned to really listen. I learned to focus when listening do not speak whether verbally or think it in the brain... give the client the time if his life that is the way to help as in counseling. THANK YOU DR DI from UM, Malaysia. See u next level.
What happened?-The sandtray workshop in early September 2008 was something that I want to go into. My experience of the sandtray is it's a tool that helps me to express my thinking , feeling and action easier and faster in a way that those small figureins triggers some past or new thoughts, feelings and behaviours versus if I was just talking to the counselor.
What are you feeling?-As I layout the sandtray "stories" past experiences especially treasured moments with friends and family came in flashing inmy mind.
How did I react?-As an outer witness to the others'sandtray, wow I realise how unique the Human Being is! same thing/figurines gave different meanings. different colour have difference association of different experiences.
What did you do?-As a counselor I need to remind myself that ..it is always about the client and his/her relationship to another human being...if I remember that, and practice seeing things from the client's perspective than the session can connects....and start the issue/concerns dealings according to the client.
What did I learn about myself? I did not know any of the sandtray participants..I was suprised that that many experienced counselors in Malaysia wanting to learn about this tool of SANDTRAY. I got nothing on actual counseling experience. It sort of frightened me to be allowed to become a mock counselors for one of the tray in that workshop. As I practiced to give feedback, my brain was catching up on what is spoken, on what the client is not saying, an on the said meaning og things in the tray. It was a stressful 10 minutes of giving my feedback. My upperarms muscles tensed and by whole body hardened but I manage to listen, and give the feedback. Until you go through the experience you or rather I cannot say anything.Oh, I have changed. I learned to really listen. I learned to focus when listening do not speak whether verbally or think it in the brain... give the client the time if his life that is the way to help as in counseling. THANK YOU DR DI from UM, Malaysia. See u next level.
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