I've seen photos of other offices and my T's office is the same - there is a wall of shelves which hold lots and lots and lots of figurines. They represent everything from imaginary creatures, families, working people, buildings and different structures, animals, furniture and on and on.

There is also a table with sides on the top of about 2-3 inches. That area is covered with sand with a painted blue bottom.

The idea is to look at the figurines and select any of those that 'speak' to you and place them in the sand. Selection should be made with as little thought as possible - no wondering 'why' one is chosen, no attempting to build something preconceived.

After the figurines have been placed, we, the client, can move the sand the way we want - we can move it so it seems like water with the blue base exposed or we can make hills.

The figurines are then arranged in a way that makes sense to the client. In my case, I was totally amazed at what came out. I tried to do the process as well as I could - to make my mind as blank as possible in order to just allow my body to make the choices.

I can tell you it is magical. I would never have believed it if I hadn't experienced it myself.

When done, the T asks questions about what the scene means. And a photo is taken of it and placed in file - I suspect to be referred to at a later time.