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 the formation of the 8th internationalConference on Analytical Psychology and Chinese culture, the theme of theconference was “Enlightenment and Individuation, East and West”. The mainleaders of IAAP and ISST, the Chinese Federation for Analytical Psychology （CFAP）, the Chinese Society of Sandplay Therapy （CSST）, the GuangdongAssociation for Analytical Psychology （ GAAP ） and other professional members attended the meeting. This year’sconference will bring together scholars and students including famouspsychoanalysts, sand play therapists and sinologists all over the world, toshare Chinese wisdom and to disseminate the international influence ofAnalytical Psychology and Chinese culture.

Reports, Discussions and Workshops:

-Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Sandplay and Expressive Therapy-workshop

-Lauren Cunningham & Maria Chiaia,Sandplay and Jungian Analysis

-Alex Esterhuyzen, Leung Wai Yin, Sandplay Therapy and Jungian Analysis,Case discussion and Supervision

-Allan Guggenbüle, Mythodama and JungianAnalysis

-Irmgard Else Thom, Lauren Cunningham &Maria Chiaia, Sandplay and Expressive Therapy

-Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Heather Lesley-Swan,Liza Ravitz, Linda Carter & Brian Feldman, Sandplay and the Way ofIndividuation