Viola Scheller is a certified sandplay therapist and EMDR therapist practicing in Arlesheim, Switzerland, near Basel. She is affiliated with both the International Society for Sandplay Therapy and the Swiss Society for Sandplay Therapy (SGSST), and represents the SGSST on the ISST Board.
Scheller's practice integrates sandplay therapy with trauma therapy (EMDR), therapeutic play, and educational counseling. Practicing in Switzerland — where Dora Kalff developed sandplay therapy — she is part of the tradition at its geographical origin.
She has contributed to sandplay therapy literature and professional discourse, writing on cultural and spiritual approaches to symbols in sandplay therapy and the effectiveness of sandplay as a therapeutic modality.
Specialties
Depth orientation
Swiss sandplay therapist practicing in the geographical heartland of the tradition founded by Dora Kalff. Her work on cultural and spiritual symbolism in sandplay reflects the depth psychological attention to archetypal and numinous dimensions of the therapeutic process.