The Use of Sand Tray Therapy When Working with Families Impacted by Pediatric Illness

This paper will describe how therapists can use sandtray therapy to treat families who are impacted by pediatric illness. An outline of how pediatric illnesses impact the ill individual, their parents, and their siblings will be provided. Then, there will be a description of the biopsychosocial model that therapists can use to assess and conceptualize pediatric family cases. Lastly, there will be an introduction and discussion of sand tray therapy and how it can be incorporated with the biopsychosocial model to treat families impacted by pediatric illness.