What is sand tray, Suratji? I love to play with sand!! I don't know that much about art therapy because we haven't done too much yet. However, making collages at home, and one in therapy, have been therapeutic for me. Like writing, I can express my feelings better that way. I'll see what happens tomorrow when I paint. I think it's another way besides talking to get to your feelings. I know I've read books where kids draw pictures of their families and the T talks about the pictures with them. You know the expression: a picture is worth 1000 words. I think in therapy that would sometimes be true, especially if someone finds it difficult to talk to their T.

I feel more comfortable when I'm doing something with my hands, and if I'm expressing myself through art materials, I also don't have to look at my T as much. Has anyone studied art therapy? I think it would be an interesting career. I actually thought of it at one time. My T is not an art therapist, but she's studied expressive arts therapy, so maybe it's the same thing. I mean she doesn't have a degree in it. What a person chooses to draw, what colors he uses, and what he says about his drawing are all important clues about his feelings! Also, if someone scribbles all over a paper and then tears it up (like I did, yeah had to throw that in, didn't I?) it means something to. MAYBE anger?!