Shrink Rap | The Healing Power of Sandplay
This interview on Shrink Rap Hawai`i is informative and was a lot of fun to do. Posting it here so it is easily accessible!
- The roots of sandplay
- How it works
- Sandplay and trauma
- Research in sandplay
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