For a long time I wanted t to do a sand tray with me. I asked her if she would, basically told her I was inviting her into my sand tray world not asking her to show me hers, she'd thought about it and said we would when the time was right, but she's continued to put if off for so long that now I've decided that I don't want to anymore... I haven't done one in awhile again. She has two like the above linked article talks about one with wet sand, one with dry. I always use the wet one. I like to mold the sand, make little rivers in it, I can pour water in it, and stuff. Never have used the dry one.

From the article: "The silent respectful acceptance of the images created during the Sandplay process allows the client to feel increasingly safe and free. As this happens, the images seem to come less from the ego and personal unconscious, and more from the deeper levels of the human psyche, or the collective unconscious." aha!! so that's why t stands there watching mostly silently while I create. Sometimes she goes "Mmm" or "Ahhh" or whatever but no talking. And when I finish, we stand side by side looking at it in silence for a couple minutes, then she'll ask me to name it. Then we sit down and talk about it. She waits until after I leave to take pictures of it and then takes it apart. She said it's very important that you don't take apart your own sand trays.