著者

鹿島田 景子

出版者

学習院大学大学院人文科学研究科

雑誌

学習院大学人文科学論集 (ISSN:09190791)

巻号頁・発行日

no.25, pp.237-258, 2016

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The Purpose of this study is to fi nd a way of realizing the meaning of a sandplay expression by him/herself. The "story-making approach to Sandplay Therapy" is said to be one of ways to understand the sandplay maker's internal world. But the therapy is typically considered to be a non-verbal technique, therefore there's a possibility that non-verbal world in sandplay is confi ned by expressed words. Recently Sandplay Therapy and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy are considered to have similarities. Felt sense and a sense of fi tting to subjective experiences in Sandplay Therapy are said to be nearly equal, so that as a pilot study, Combined Application of Sandplay Technique and Focusing (STF) could be a way of realizing the meaning of a sandplay expression by him/herself without losing the essence of Sandplay Therapy. To clarify the effectiveness and mechanism of STF, the author used 2 questionnaires : ① STAI②generalization of the focusing manner of experiencing in daily life. To investigate a process of STF, 11 graduate students majoring in clinical psychology made sandplay, had a focusing session as test objects, then were interviewed the STF experience. 11 participants had 2 STF sessions. Each sessions were recorded. An examination of the results suggests that STF has the following 6 points. 1) STF is able to decrease state anxiety signifi cantly. 2) STF is able to not signifi cantly, but expectedly increase "generalization of the focusing manner of experiencing in daily life" (total) and 3 factors ("valuing one's experiencing", "criticizing oneself too much", "keeping psychological distance from one's problem"), so STF makes it possible to facilitate generalization of the focusing manner of experiencing in daily life. 3) Each participants had really unique personal experiences through STF. STF is a very effective method to facilitate a sandplay maker's selfawareness, self-understanding and also self-healing, therefore STF is a possible way of realizing the meaning of a sandplay expression by him/ herself and understanding his/her own inner world. 4) STF is easier than the standard procedure focusing. 5) The sandplay expressions in STF sometimes have a role of a "handle" called in Focusing. 6) STF can be a new technique of psychotherapy.