감정조절의 어려움을 지닌 9세 소년의 모래놀이치료 사례

“Chan’sSandplayStory:HealingandDevelopmentinanNine-year-oldBoy”

Thisisanapplicationcaseofsandplaytherapyforaboywhohasdifficultyinemotionalregulation leading tofrequentsconflictswith hismotherand hisyoungerbrotherand acting-outofexcessive aggression.Thisstudyconducted aqualitativeanalysisoftheprocessof19 sandplaysessionsfora nine-year-old boy.Thecaseshowsthehealing and developmentthatmay occurthrough sandplay therapy,basedonJungianconcepts. ThiscaseillustratesNeumann’sideasaboutthedevelopmental stagesofego in detail,and Edinger’sideaaboutSelfand ego from thedifferentiation from the mother-child unity to the independentdevelopment.In addition,Schore’sidea ofdevelopmentof emotionalregulationbythechildthroughearlyrelationshipwiththeprotectiveandresponsivemother canbeseen.