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Sandplay therapy offers the possibility of healing from the wounding effects of sexual abuse on both psychological and physical levels. For both children and adults, unspeakable violence toward the body and psyche is difficult to address solely with verbal therapy. A clinician will be well served by having a variety of modalities to rely on when dealing with clients with abuse histories. It can also be both painful and potentially retraumatizing to rely on talk therapy to act as the primary healing agent.
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Zappacosta, J.D. (2013). Sandplay Therapy: A Way of Rediscovering Inner Wisdom in the Body and Psyche. In: Loue, S. (eds) Expressive Therapies for Sexual Issues. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3981-3_8
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