The 7th National Conference of Analytical Psychology and Sandplay Therapy

The 7th National Conference of AnalyticalPsychology and Sandplay Therapy

（Macau)

Held by

City University of Macau

Oriental Academy for Analytical Psychology（OAAP)

Chinese Federation for AnalyticalPsychology（CFAP）

October 2015

To see the world in the grain of sand,reflecting the thought and wisdom of the wise; the wonderful garden of the souland heart displayed in the sandtray, this is the lively inscape of the sandplaytherapy. The infinite charm and touching power of sandplay therapy lies in thepresentation of the intangible psychological contents in an appropriatesymbolic way, thus to obtain the cure and healing, creation and development, aswell as the experience of individuation.

--Shen Heyong

As part of the Seventh InternationalConference on Analytical Psychology and Chinese Culture, the theme of theconference was “Confronting Collective Trauma: Archetype, Culture and Healing”.The psychological assistance model and the professional practice of the Gardenof the Heart and Soul in the Wenchuan Earthquake, the Yushu Earthquake and thenationwide orphanage were highly regarded by the participants.

Reports, Discussions and Workshops:

-Joe Cambray, Cultural trauma, Violence and Treatment

-Cai Chenghou, The Garden of the Heart and Soul: Healing and Transfamation

-Huang Huijun, Clinical Practice of Sandplay Therapy in Hongkong

-Hong Suzhen, The Images of Trauma and the Meaning of Stories

-Eva Pattis Zoja, Jungian Analysis andSandplay Therapy, Meeting of the Garden of the Heart and Soul

-Tom Kirsch, Trauma Experience and Reflection

-Ruth Ammann, But Why do I EncouragePatients to Express Themselves by Means of Brush, Pencil or Pen at all?

-Yasuhiro Yamanaka, The Way to Expression Therapy

-Alex Esterhuyzen, Eva Pattis Zoja &Gao Lan, Jungian Sandplay Practices