Resources
To Discover who we are . . . our Meaning and Purpose . . . We Reach Back in Time, Across Cultures and Geographic Boundaries . . . We Open our Minds, Suspend Disbelief, become Receptive and Discerning . . . We dig to Discover . . . We Read to be Informed . . . We Reflect to find Relevance . . . We Witness to Validate . . . We Appreciate and begin again . . . We Wonder and Play with ideas . . .We Attend to Experience . . . . Sometimes We Understand and Heal . . .
– Dr. Dee Preston-Dillon
Symbols to Enhance Cultural Diversity
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Sources
Symbol Sources
Andrews, T. (2010). Animal Speak: The spiritual & magical powers of creatures great and small. Llewellyn Worldwide.
Biedermann, H. (1989). Dictionary of symbolism, cultural icons and the meanings behind them. (Hulbert, J., Trans.). Meridian.
Chevalier, J., & Gheerbrant, A. (1996). Dictionary of symbols (J. Buchanon-Brown, Trans.). Penguin.
Cirlot, J. E. (1971). A dictionary of symbols (2nd ed.) (J. Sage, Trans.). Philosophical Library.
Elder, G. (1996). The body: An encyclopedia of archetypal symbolism. Shambhala Publications.
Ferber, M. (1999). A dictionary of literary symbols. Cambridge University Press.
Fontana, D. (2003). The secret language of symbols: A visual key to symbols and their meanings. Chronicle Books.
Jobes, G. (1962). Dictionary of mythology, folklore and symbols. The Scarecrow Press.
Lake-Thom, B. (1997). Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies. Plume.
Matthews, B. (Trans.). The Herder symbol dictionary. Chiron Publications.
Phillips, S. (2002). Dream symbols (illustrated ed.). Courage Books.
Rinpoche, D. (1996). Buddhist symbols in Tibetan culture: An investigation of the nine best-known groups of symbols. (Walshe, M., Trans.). Wisdom Publications.
Shepherd, R. & Shepherd, R. (2002). 1000 symbols: What shapes mean in art and myth. Thames & Hudson.
Tresidder, J. (Ed.). (2005). The complete dictionary of symbols. Chronicle Books.
Walker, B. (Ed.) (1988). The women’s dictionary of symbols and sacred objects. Harper Collins.
Narrative
Harriott, L. & Heyward, B. (1999). Intertwining the present with the past for the future. Gecko: A Journal of Deconstruction and Narrative Ideas in Therapeutic Practice, 3, 3-16. http://www.narrativetherapylibrary.com.
McNamee, S., & Gergen, K. J. (Eds.). (1992). Therapy as social construction. Sage Publications, Inc.
Percy, I. (2008). Awareness and authoring: The idea of self in mindfulness and narrative therapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 10(4), 355–367. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642530802577109
Ricks, L., Kitchens, S., Goodrich, T., & Hancock, E. (2014). My story: The use of narrative therapy in individual and group counseling. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 9(1), 99-110.
Russell, S. & Carey M. (2004). Externalising – commonly asked questions. Narrative therapy: Responding to your questions (ch.1), 1-17. Dulwich Centre Publications.
Schaefer, C., McCormick, J., & Ohnogi, A. (2005). Narrative Play Therapy: A collaborative approach. In J. Aronson (Ed.), International handbook of play therapy: Advances in assessment, theory, research, and practice (pp. 23-34). Jason Aronson.
Tomkins, S. (1998). Deserving the best: Challenging rules in therapy. Gecko: A journal of deconstruction and narrative ideas in therapeutic practice, 3, 40-48. http://www.narrativetherapylibrary.com.
White, M. (1999). Re-engaging with history: The absent but implicit. Reflections on Narrative Practices: Interviews and Essays, 35-58. Dulwich Centre Publications. http://www.narrativetherapylibrary.com.
White, M., & Epston, D. (1990). Narrative means to therapeutic ends. W. W. Norton & Company.
Wingard, B. & Lester, J. (2001). Telling our stories in ways that make us stronger. Dulwich Centre Publications.
Amplification and Active Imagination
Chodorow, J. (Ed.) (1997). Encountering Jung: On active imagination. Princeton University Press.
Holmes, D. S., & Houston, B. K. (1971). The defensive function of projection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 20(2), 208–213. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0031705
Hubback, J. (1984). Amplification: Reflections and queries. The Journal of Analytical Psychology, 29(2), 135-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-5922.1984.00135
Jacobs, L. (2012). Critiquing projection: Supporting dialogue in a post-cartesian world. In T. B. Levine (Ed.), (pp. 59-69). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Moore, N. (1986). Amplification, transference analysis and the analyst’s inner process. The Journal of Analytical Psychology, 31(2), 113–133. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-5922.1986.00113.x
Smith, E. W. L. (2006). Projection in depth. International Gestalt Journal, 29(1), 101-128.
Smith, E. (1997). Private selves and shared meanings: Or forgive us our projections as we forgive those who project into us. Psychodynamic Counselling, 3(2), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533339708402481
Von Franz, M-L. (1970). An introduction to the interpretation of fairy tales. Spring Publications.
Von Franz, M-L. (1972). The feminine in fairytales. Spring Publications.
Von Franz, M-L. (1974). Shadow and evil in fairy tales. Spring Publications.
Von Franz, M-L. (1977). Individuation in fairy tales. Spring Publications.
Sandplay, Sand Therapy
Adams, K. (1999). The power of sandplay. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 13, 89-100.
Amatruda, K. & Helm Simpson, P. (1997). Sandplay, the sacred healing: A guide to symbolic process. Trance Sand Dance Press.
Ammann, R. (1991). Healing and transformation in sandplay: Creative processes become visible. Open Court.
Boik, B. L. & Goodwin. E. A. (2000). Sandplay Therapy: A step-by-step manual for psychotherapists of diverse orientations. Norton and Company.
Bradway, K. (1997). Sandplay: Silent workshop of the psyche. Routledge.
Bradway, K. (1991). Transference and countertransference in sandplay therapy. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 1, 25-43.
Bradway, K. & McCord, B. (1999). Sandplay and active imagination. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 13, 9-12.
Bradway, & Hill, G. (1981). Sandplay studies: origins, theory, and practice. C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.
Castellana, F. & Donfrancesco, A. (2005). Sandplay in Jungian analysis: Matter and symbolic integration. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 50, 367-38.
Cunningham, L. (1997). The therapist’s use of self in sandplay: Participation mystique and projective identification. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 5, 121-135.
Clegg, H. G. (1984). The reparative motif in child and adult therapy. Jason Aronson.
Doyle, K., & Magor-Blatch, E. L. (2017). “Even adults need to Play”: Sandplay therapy with an adult survivor of childhood abuse. Association for Play Therapy.
Eberts, S., & Homeyer, L. (2015). Processing sand trays from two theoretical perspectives: Gestalt and Adlerian. Association for Play Therapy
Gallerani, T., & Dybicz P. (2011). Postmodern sandplay: An introduction for play therapists. Association for Play Therapy.
Heyer, G. (2012). Caught between cultures: cultural norms in Jungian psychodynamic process. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Isom, E. E., Groves-Radomski, J., & Mcconaha, M. M. (2015). Sandtray therapy: A familial approach to healing through imagination. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Jackson, B. (1991). Before reaching for the symbols dictionary. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 1, 55-60.
Kalff, D. (1980). Sandplay: A psychotherapeutic approach to the psyche. Sigo Press.
Klaff, M. (1993). Twenty points to be considered in the interpretation of a sandplay. Journal of Sandplay therapy. 2, 17-35
Katz, A. (2010). Israeli Arab-Jewish sandtray group work: Creating a world together. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Kjellstrand-Hartwig, E., & Morrison-Bennett, M. (2017). Four approaches to using sandtray in play therapy supervision. Association for Play Therapy.
Kosanke, G.C., Puls, B., Feather, J.S., & Smith, J. (2016). Minimizing Intense Relational Dynamics to Enhance Safety: A Thematic Analysis of Literature on Sandtray work with adult trauma survivors. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 32, 502-516.
Markos, A. P., Coker, K. J. & Joties, P. W. (2006/2007). Play in supervision: Exploring the sandtray with beginning practicum students. The Hawoiih Press, Inc.
Mitchell, R. & Friedman, H. (1994). Sandplay: Past, present and future. Routledge.
Nasab, M. H., & Alipour, M. Z. (2015). The effectiveness of sandplay therapy in reducing symptoms of separation anxiety in children 5 to 7 years old. Journal of Educational Sciences & Psychology.
Preston-Dillon, D. (May, 1999). Culturally enhanced interpretations of Jungian sand scenes for multicultural participants: Native American and Native Hawaiian perspective. Unpublished Dissertation. Saybrook Graduate School.
Reece, S. T. (2004). The crucial moment in sandplay relationship: The therapist’s emotive experiences. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 13, 131-146.
Roeslera, C. (2019). Sandplay therapy: An overview of theory, applications and evidence base. Elsevier Ltd.
Rowe, N. M. (2007). Sand, water, silence-the embodiment of spirit: Explorations in body and psyche. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 39, 105-106.
Ryce-Menuhin, J. (1992). Jungian sandplay: The wonderful therapy. Routledge.
Signel, K. (1999). Silence and sandplay. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 5, 69-87.
Sori, f. c., & Robey, a. p. (2013). Finding reality in the sand: transitions with children using choice theory, reality therapy and sandplay. International journal of choice theory and reality therapy.
Steinhardt, L. (2000). Foundation and form in Jungian Sandplay. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Timm, N., & Garza, Y. (2017). Beyond the miniatures: Using Gestalt theory in sandtray processing. Gestalt International Study Center.
Turner, B. (2005). The handbook of Sandplay Therapy. Temenos Press.
Turner, B. (1993). Symbolic process and the role of the therapist in sandplay. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 3, 85-95.
Vaz, M. K. (2000). When is a sandplay psychotherapy process completed? Heldref Publications.
Werkmeister-Rozas, L., & Grady, D. M. (2011). Making room for dynamics in evidenced-based practice: The role of psychodynamic theory in client-centered approaches. Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Weinrib, E. (1983). Images of the self. Sego Press.
Myths & Metaphor
Amundson, N. (1988). The use of metaphor and drawings in case conceptualization. Journal of Counseling & Development, 66(8), 391-393.
Bruner, J. (1990). Acts of meaning. Harvard University Press.
Burns, G. (2001). 101 healing stories: Using metaphors in therapy. John Wiley & Sons.
Campbell, J. (1949). The hero with a thousand faces. Bollingen Series XVII. Princeton University Press.
Campbell, J. (1990). Transformation of myth through time. Harper and Row Publishers.
Gordon, D. (1978). Therapeutic metaphors: Helping others through the looking glass. Meta Publications.
Keeney, B. (1983). Aesthetics of change. New York: Guilford Press.
Kemp, R. (2006). Metaphorical interpretations: A critical examination. Psychodynamic Practice, 12 (3), 293-305.
Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors we live by. University of Chicago Press.
Mills, J. & Crowley, R. (1986). Therapeutic metaphors for children and the child within. Routledge.
Romanyshyn, R. D. (1982). Psychological life: From science to metaphor. University Texas Press.
Dundes A. (Ed.) (1984). Sacred narrative: Readings in the theory of myth. University of California Press.
Other
Ekstrom, R. (2004). The mind beyond our immediate awareness: Freudian, Jungian, and cognitive models of the unconscious. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Percy, I. (2008). Awareness and authoring: The idea of self in mindfulness and narrative therapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 10(4), 355–367.