noun
sandplay therapy; sand tray therapy
A psychotherapeutic technique where patients create scenes in a sandbox using miniature figures, often used in Jungian analysis.
箱庭療法は、言葉で表現しにくい感情を砂とミニチュアで表すのに役立つ。
Sandplay therapy helps express emotions that are hard to put into words, using sand and miniatures.
Play therapy in general; 箱庭療法 is a specific form using a sandbox.
Compound of 箱庭 (miniature garden in a box) and 療法 (therapy). The term is a direct translation of the English 'sandplay therapy', developed by Dora Kalff based on Jungian principles.