This therapeutic case study intended to discover whether the sandplay with boxes would work out in cases of oppositional defiant disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and selective mutism, all of which are believed to be symptoms of rapidly changing...
This therapeutic case study intended to discover whether the sandplay with boxes would work out in cases of oppositional defiant disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and selective mutism, all of which are believed to be symptoms of rapidly changing modern society. For the identification of the subjects under study and for the purpose of therapeutic research, DSM-IV, K-CBCL, and HTP were used as pre-test instruments, but K-CBCL was used as the only post-test instrument. A forty-minute-long sandplay with boxes was implemented every once a week over ten times, mainly after school. Cases of oppositional defiant disorder and separation anxiety disorder were successful, but the case of selective mutism was not, perhaps due to the shortage of play. Three things were reconfirmed by the conclusion of this study: (1) the importance of an open-mindedness of therapist towards the disorder children, that is, the importance of maintaining an open and positive client-doctor relationship, (2) the need for the supply of professionally trained therapists in early child education, and (3) the effectiveness of individually conducted play therapy. Nevertheless, this study did not intend to search for the cause of disorder, even though the number of such disorder has steadily increased.