Counselors’ Experiences Using Sandtray Therapy for Recovery Adolescents
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.155How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Sandtray therapy, counselor, recovery, adolescent
- Abstract
Sandtray therapy is an approach in counseling field. This approach uses play as a method for client to express their emotion, thought, behavior and experience related to the issue of their problems. The objective of this study is to explore the counselor’s experience using sandtray therapy approach in group counselling for adolescent-substance abuse client’s on early recovery. An interview was conducted to four facilitators who have been trained using sandtray therapy. There was 32 adolescents who on early recovery involved as clients substance abuse. The thematic process was used to explore their experience of conducting group. Counselling using sandtray therapy approach. The finding shows that the sandtray approach enable the counselor’s to explore issues among clients. Thus, the counseling process was processed effectively. This study also found that the client’s dialect was the limitation of the study. Follow-up study is suggested for further research to explore the client’s experience during early recovery intervention.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Anas Zulhifzi Buang AU - Ku Suhaila Ku Johari AU - Zuria Mahmud AU - Dharatun Nissa Puad Mohd Kari AU - Salleh Amat PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/25 TI - Counselors’ Experiences Using Sandtray Therapy for Recovery Adolescents BT - Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 689 EP - 693 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.155 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.155 ID - Buang2020 ER -