Abstract
Following an overview of sandplay therapy as a technique of psychotherapy, this paper reports on three clinical case studies using sandplay with: 1) a kindergarten boy who had the language problems of mutism and stuttering, 2) an elementary school boy whose main problem was a type of developmental disability, and 3) a high school boy who was refusing to attend school. Especially in the second and third cases, the mandala-like designs created were particularly worthy of notice. This is because such images can be taken as symbolic expressions of the self. In sandplay therapy, these are important images whose expression is connected with mental growth and development.
