List of Books On Sandplay Therapy

Allan, J., Inscapes of the Child’s World., Dallas, Texas, Spring Publications, Inc.,1988. 

Amatruda, K. and Simpson, P.H. Sandplay, The Sacred Healing: A Guide to Symbolic Process.  Taos, Trance-Sand-Dance Press, 1997

Ames, L.B. and Ilg, F.L., Mosaic Patterns of American Children. New York, Hoeber-Harper, 1962.

Axline, V. Play Therapy, New York, Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1947. 

Bany, M. and Johnson, L., Classroom Group Behavior. New York, MacMillan Co., 1964.

Boik, Barbara Labovitz and  Goodwin, E. Anna Sandplay Therapy: A Step-by-Step Manual for

Psychotherapists of Diverse Orientations, New York,  by W. W. Norton, 2000.

Bowyer, L R, The Lowenfeld World Technique: Studies In Personality, Pergamon Press, 1970. 

Bradway, Katherine,  Sandplay Bridges and the Transcendent Function, San Francisco: C. G. Jung Institute, 1985

Bradway, Katherine & McCord, Barbara, Sandplay: Silent Workshop Of The Psyche, 1997

Bricklin and Bricklin, Bright Child, Poor Grades. Dell.

Burford, E., Gravity And The Creation Of The Self, London, UK, Jessica Kingsley, 1998

Cameron, S K, Balancing The Request To Be Good: A Visit To The Outskirts Of Child Psychotherapy, London, UK, Free Association Books, 1995

Carey, Lois Sandplay Therapy With Children and Families  Published by Jason Aronson, New Jersey 1999

De Domenico, Gisela S. Sand Tray, World Play, A Comprehensive Guide to the Use of Sand Tray in
Psychotherapeutic Transformational Settings (call 510-530-1383)

Dundas, Evelyn, Symbols Come Alive In The Sand,  

D’Evelyn, K., Meeting Children’s Emotional Needs. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1957.

English, S. and Pearson, G., Emotional Problems of Living . New York, W.W. Norton & Co. Inc., 1945.

Frank, L., Feelings and Emotions. Garden City, Doubleday & Co., 1954.

Gardner, R. A., Psychogenic Learning Disabilities: Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy.   Cresskill, N.J., Creative Therapeutics, 1966.

Ginott, H., Between Parent and Child. New York, MacMillan Co., 1965.

Gould, R., Child Studies Through Fantasy. New York, N.Y., Quadrangle Books, 1972.

Hammer, E. F. et al, The Clinical Application of Projection Drawings, Springfield, Ill., Charles C. Thomas, 1958.

Josselyn, I., The Happy Child. New York, Random House, 1955.

Jung, C.G., "The Psychology of the Child Archetype," Collected Works, Vol. 9, Part 1, pp. 151-81. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1959.

Kalff, D., Sandplay. 2nd Ed., Santa Monica, CA, Sigo Press, 1980.

Kessler, J., Psychopathology of Childhood, Chapter LX. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall, 1966.

Kornrich, M. (ed.), Underachievement, Springfield, Ill., Charles C. Thomas, 1965.

Lowenfeld, M., Play in Childhood, London, Mac Keith Press, 1991.

The Lowenfeld Mosaic Test, Newman Neame, 1954

Urwin, C and Hood-Williams, J., Eds. Child Psychology, Selected Papers  of Margaret Lowenfeld. New York, Free Association Books, Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Lowenfeld, M., Understanding Children's Sandplay. Chippenham, Wilts. Great Britain, Anthony Rowe Ltd., 1993 (Margaret Lowenfeld Trust reprint of The World Technique).

Miller, A., Prisoners Of Childhood, Drama Of The Gifted Child. New York, Basic Books, 1981.

Miller, A.,The Untouched Key. New York, Doubleday, 1990.

Mitchell, R.R. and Friedman, H.S., Sandplay, Past, Present & Future. New York, Routledge, 1994.

Murphy, L., The Widening World of Childhood. New York, Basic Books.

Neumann, E., The Child. New York, Putnam, 1973.

Pearson, G., Psychoanalysis and the Education of the Child, New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 1954.

Perticone, E. X. and Tembeckjian, R. M., The Mosaic Technique in Personality Assessment: A practical Guide. Rosemont, N.J., Programs for Education Inc., 1987

Pickard, P.M., I Could A Tale Unfold. New York, The Humanities Press, 1961.

Pitcher, E.G. and Prelinger, E., Children Tell Stories. New York, N.Y., International University Press, 1963.
Sandplay Studies. San Francisco, C. G. Jung Institute, 1981

Terr, L., Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood. New York, N.Y., Basic Books, 1990.

Weinrib, E., Images Of The Self. Boston, Sigo Press, 1983.

Wiedis, D., Creative Role-Playing Therapy As an Adjunct to Remedial Reading in the Modification of

Reading Disability and the Psycho-Social Maladjustment of Pre-Adolescent Boys. Unpublished doctoral dissertation available

University Microfilms Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1964.

The following books are available through
the Dr. Margaret Lowenfeld Trust (see contact info)

Selected Papers: Child Psychotherapy: War and the Normal Child (Hard Copy)

Play in Childhood by Margaret Lowenfeld

Understanding Children's Sandplay: The Lowenfeld World Technique (Paperback)

Writings on Lowenfeld by Davis & Urwin

The Non-Verbal Thinking Of Children & It's Place in Psychotherapy by Lowenfeld, Rowles & Trails

Handbook For The Use Of The Lowenfeld Mosaic Test by Anderson & Hood-Williams

Lowenfeld Mosaic Sets, Complete set of tiles and tray or either separately