Online Sandplay Therapy
A professional space for meaningful symbolic work with clients — close together, even at a distance.
Sandoria brings sandplay work into a safe online format. Psychologist and client create a shared scene in real time, stay connected, and focus on the process — without travel, complex logistics, or losing therapeutic depth.
More than a video call
A shared interactive field supports presence in remote work: you see a composition take shape while the client chooses, places, and changes figures at their own pace.
The method behind the format
Sandplay is rooted in analytical psychology. Using miniatures, a client builds a symbolic world in the sand; the scene offers a language for experience that is difficult — or not yet possible — to put into words.
What it adds to online practice
Connection at a distance
Work with clients in other cities and countries while keeping a shared therapeutic space.
A non-verbal language
Figures, distances, empty space, and boundaries in a composition create a gentle starting point for difficult conversations.
A live shared process
Both participants see the scene synchronously, allowing the psychologist to accompany without taking over the client’s authorship.
A gentle pace
Symbolic work can approach sensitive material gradually, within the client’s readiness and the professional boundaries of therapy.
Structure for the practitioner
Create separate sessions, save snapshots of meaningful moments, and keep notes so you can return to the work’s development.
A resource for reflection
A completed scene creates room to slow down, notice connections, and seek personal meaning together — without ready-made interpretations.
How an online session unfolds
Agreement and arrival
The psychologist sets the frame of the meeting, checks privacy, and helps the client settle into the shared space.
Creating the scene
The client intuitively selects and places miniatures in the sand. The psychologist remains an attentive witness to the process.
Exploring together
In dialogue, you attend to feelings, images, and changes in the scene, following the client’s experience rather than a predetermined interpretation.
Closing and carrying forward
Capture important observations in notes or snapshots, close the session, and connect what emerged with the client’s life between meetings.
Try Sandoria in your practice
Open the demo sandbox and get a feel for the online-session format.