scholarly journals Face the waves of emotion in the sea of the unconscious: Focusing on the symbolism of the sea and the waves

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-131
Author(s):  
So Hyun Ji
Keyword(s):  
Self Care ◽  
Sandplay Therapy ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Authentic Life ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Dynamic Fluctuation

The purpose of this study was to examine the symbolism of the sea and waves, focusing on these symbols in the dreams and sand trays during the female client’s sandplay therapy. The client had dreamt about the sea repeatedly since childhood, so her repetitive dreams about the sea were analyzed during the sandplay sessions. She realized that the deep abyss of the sea was linked to her unconsciousness. Through the dynamic fluctuation of the waves, the emotions that she had suppressed became shaken, and it brought out her anger. As becoming aware of her suppressed emotions, she was able to heal herself. The repeated appearance of the sea in the sand trays connected her to the unconscious and led her to integration and wholeness. She made the choice of recharging her energy for love in the sea and returning to her life. The researcher could understand that it was the message of the sea to love herself and her life and live an authentic life of self-care proudly.

Comments on the Report of the Committee on Punishment in Prisons and Borstals

2016 ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
Donald W. Winnicott
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
The Individual

In his five major comments on this government-based report on punishment in prisons and borstals (places of detention for young offenders), Winnicott first addresses the conflict of society in addressing due legal care of its members and also of giving appropriate treatment and care to offenders, especially the young, whilst acknowledging the unconscious need of society to mete out revenge and hence potentially excessive punishment. He then addresses issues of tobacco smoking and the needs of prisoners to have a modicum of defence against madness or hope by means of this drug, and of rules on self care and appearance in borstals being entrusted to the governor in charge. He discusses different ways of treating young absconders on return or capture and on what punishment means to the individual.

scholarly journals An Arts-based research on group sandplay therapy for children in local children's centers who are overly dependent on internet and smartphones experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic era

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-206
Author(s):  
Sung Min Park ◽  
Yun Jo ◽  
Hyun Kyoung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sandplay Therapy ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Arts Based Research ◽  
Child Counseling ◽  
Imaginary Play ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
Psychological Difficulties

The purpose of this study is to find a clue of psychological intervention in group sandplay therapy for children in local children's centers who are overly dependent on internet and smartphones experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic era. Art is a process of expressing imagination, and it is in line with the fact that play is a symbolic and creative activity. Therefore, it can be said that children's imaginary play scenes and imaginary stories appearing in sandplay therapy are a form of art. Sandplay enables non-verbal expression, and the unconscious contents expressed by children are useful in understanding children's emotions. In this process, the researcher understands the client through imagination which is the intersubjective method and experiences an accepting relationship where healing and change occur. However, previous studies have limitations in that they approached children's dependence on the Internet and smartphones based on language. Therefore, these researchers conducted an arts-based study from an analytical psychology perspective to understand the experiences of children in local children's centers who are overly dependent on the Internet and smartphones through the group sandplay therapy process. To this end, co-researchers attending the doctoral program in child counseling and psychotherapy have categorized and discussed four themes: ‘wanting to be loved’, ‘suffering from anxiety’, ‘tolerating being alone/not communicating’, ‘trying to protect oneself’. Finally, it was intended to alleviate the psychological difficulties of children in local children's centers who are overly dependent on internet and smartphones, and to provide an open method for resolving the Internet and smartphone dependence phenomenon.

scholarly journals Rock: Symbol of Self in the Process of Individualization - Alchemy Transformation in Sandplay Therapy -

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Eun Sun An
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
True Self ◽  
Sandplay Therapy ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Life Force ◽  
Spiritual Energy ◽  
The Individual

This study investigated the process leading to individuation by examining the symbolism of rocks that emerged from sandplay therapy for a middle-aged woman from the perspective of analytical psychology and alchemy. The rock symbolizes an unchangeable life force, nurturing, recovery, source of living water, grave, and place in contact with spiritual energy. The alchemical process of creating new substances using existing substances proceeds in the order of calcification, dissolution, solidification, sublimation, decay, separation, and unity. In this study, the client expressed her unconscious through the rocks in the sand tray, which corresponded to the calcification of alchemy. Afterwards, the client expressed feelings such as despair and sadness that existed deeply within her, which were linked to the process of dissolution and coagulation of alchemy. Finally, the client could proceed with the process of individuation through self-integration with her shadow by accepting the suppression and wounds of her heart that were suppressed for a long time in consciousness, which is connected with the process of sublimation, corruption, separation, and unity in alchemy. The process of individuation involves completing the true Self by integrating the Self that exists inside the individual. We can integrate these processes through a confrontational dialogue between consciousness and the unconscious through symbols.

The Waves

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Woolf ◽  
Warner
Keyword(s):  
The Waves

Behavior in the Brain

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin M. Monti ◽  
Adrian M. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Motor Behavior ◽  
Functional Neuroimaging ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Motor Output ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Minimally Conscious ◽  
Brain Insults ◽  
Brain Behavior

Recent evidence has suggested that functional neuroimaging may play a crucial role in assessing residual cognition and awareness in brain injury survivors. In particular, brain insults that compromise the patient’s ability to produce motor output may render standard clinical testing ineffective. Indeed, if patients were aware but unable to signal so via motor behavior, they would be impossible to distinguish, at the bedside, from vegetative patients. Considering the alarming rate with which minimally conscious patients are misdiagnosed as vegetative, and the severe medical, legal, and ethical implications of such decisions, novel tools are urgently required to complement current clinical-assessment protocols. Functional neuroimaging may be particularly suited to this aim by providing a window on brain function without requiring patients to produce any motor output. Specifically, the possibility of detecting signs of willful behavior by directly observing brain activity (i.e., “brain behavior”), rather than motoric output, allows this approach to reach beyond what is observable at the bedside with standard clinical assessments. In addition, several neuroimaging studies have already highlighted neuroimaging protocols that can distinguish automatic brain responses from willful brain activity, making it possible to employ willful brain activations as an index of awareness. Certainly, neuroimaging in patient populations faces some theoretical and experimental difficulties, but willful, task-dependent, brain activation may be the only way to discriminate the conscious, but immobile, patient from the unconscious one.

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