A Case Study of Sandplay Therapy for a Boy from a Grandparents-grandchildren Family Experiencing Difficulties in School Work: A Focus on Alchemical Viewpoints

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-446
Author(s):  
Hee-og Sim
Keyword(s):  
Sandplay Therapy ◽  
School Work

scholarly journals Five Year Pediatric Use of a Digital Wearable Fitness Device: Lessons from a Pilot Case Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimayani D. Butte ◽  
Amir Bahmani ◽  
Atul J. Butte ◽  
Xiao Li ◽  
Michael P. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Pediatric Case ◽  
School Work ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Step Counts ◽  
Pediatric Study ◽  
Pediatric Use ◽  
Device Use ◽  
New Applications ◽  
Successes And Challenges

AbstractObjectivesWearable fitness devices are increasingly used by the general population, with new applications being proposed and designed for healthy adults as well as adults with chronic diseases. Fewer, if any, studies of these devices have been conducted in healthy adolescents and teenagers, especially over a long period of time. The goal of this work was to document the successes and challenges involved in 5 years of a wearable fitness device use in a pediatric case study.Materials and MethodsComparison of five years of step counts and minutes asleep from a teenaged girl and her father.ResultsAt 60 months, this may be the longest reported pediatric study involving a wearable fitness device, and the first simultaneously involving a parent and a child. We find step counts to be significantly higher for both the adult and teen on school/work days, along with less sleep. The teen walked significantly less towards the end of the 5 year study. Surprisingly, many of the adult’s and teen’s sleeping and step counts were correlated, possibly due to coordinated behaviors.DiscussionWe end with several recommendations for pediatricians and device manufacturers, including the need for constant adjustments of stride length and calorie counts as teens are growing.ConclusionWith periodic adjustments for growth, this pilot study shows these devices can be used for more accurate and consistent measurements in adolescents and teenagers over longer periods of time, to potentially promote healthy behaviors.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Sandplay Therapy for a Boy with Tic

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-599
Author(s):  
Hee-og Sim
Keyword(s):  
Initial Phase ◽  
Intermediate Phase ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Small Animals ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Sandplay Therapy ◽  
Race Car ◽  
Football Match ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Objectives: This study examined sandplay therapy in an elementary school boy with tic problems. The goal of the therapy was to reduce his tic problems by offering a free and protected space of sandplay therapy.Methods: The sandboxes were analyzed focusing on analytical psychology and theories of sandplay therapy using Turner (2005)’s content themes, which were the most comprehensive themes.Results: Seventy-seven therapy sessions were performed. The client showed a race car that was stuck in the sand and then rescued by forklifts in the initial phase of therapy (1-2, a race car stuck in the sand). In the intermediate phase of the therapy (3-70, struggle), he showed regression, meeting the opposites, victory of small animals, construction, and death. In the final phase of therapy (71-77, race, death II, adaptation to reality), he showed race, death, and adaptation to reality.Conclusion: The client who was entering adolescence saw life as a race. However, the race car that was moving toward masculinity was stuck in the sand. Therefore, the car was sent for repairs. In the middle of the therapy, the boy showed various fights, accidents, and construction. Lastly, there were deaths of an alligator and a bear. By showing a football match, the long journey of developing ego ended. During the therapy, archetypal patterns, such as regression to the primitive psyche, the journey of masculinity as a boy, and confrontation between good and bad, appeared. Sandplay therapy, in a free and protected space, relieved the client’s tic problems with improvement of his daily life. Thus, this study demonstrates the effectiveness of sandplay therapy.

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