The Seba library treats Dora Kalff in 7 passages, across 5 authors (including Wiersma, Jacquelyn K., Roesler, Christian, Papadopoulos, Renos K.).
Sandplay therapy is a cross-cultural, psychodynamic, nondirective, multisensory psychotherapy method founded by Dora Kalff.
This meta-analysis identifies Kalff as the founder of sandplay therapy and frames the entire empirical investigation within the method she originated.
, A Meta-Analysis of Sandplay Therapy Treatment Outcomes, 2022thesis
Kalff, D. M. (1989). The sandplay. A contribution from C. G. Jung´s Point of view on child therapy. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 16(2), 49–72. Kalff, D. M. (2003). Sandplay. A psychotherapeutic approach to the psyche.
Roesler’s bibliography anchors the theoretical overview of sandplay therapy in Kalff’s own publications, establishing them as the primary scholarly and clinical reference points for the method.
, Sandplay therapy: An overview of theory, applications and evidence base, 2019thesis
Kalff, D. M. (2020). Sandplay: A psychotherapeutic approach to the psyche (B. L. Matthews, Trans). Analytical Psychology Press. [Sandplay Editions]. (Original work published 1966).
The citation of Kalff’s foundational 1966 work in its most recent translation documents the enduring canonical status of her original text within the empirical sandplay literature.
, A Meta-Analysis of Sandplay Therapy Treatment Outcomes, 2022supporting
reinforce the significance of the therapeutic relationship in sandplay therapy practice (Kalff, 2020).
The meta-analysis invokes Kalff’s authority specifically on the centrality of the therapeutic relationship, indicating that her theoretical framework continues to inform the interpretation of quantitative outcome data.
, A Meta-Analysis of Sandplay Therapy Treatment Outcomes, 2022supporting
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The Handbook of Jungian Psychology situates Kalff within the broader landscape of analytical psychology practice, placing her alongside figures associated with the Zürich Jung Institute and clinical innovation in child therapy.
, The Handbook of Jungian Psychology: Theory, Practice and Applications, 2006supporting
Kalff, Dora. Sandplay: A Psychotherapeutic Approach to the Psyche. Santa Monica: Sigo, 1980.
Estés’s bibliography cites Kalff’s Sandplay as a reference work, indicating that Kalff’s influence extends beyond clinical sandplay literature into depth-psychological and feminist mythopoeic writing.
, Women Who Run With the Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild, 2017supporting
Dora Kalff, Sandplay, San Francisco, The Browser Press, 1971.
Nichols cites Kalff’s Sandplay in the context of a discussion of symbolic play and the child archetype, associating her work with the broader Jungian symbolic imagination rather than clinical method alone.
, Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, 1980aside