Method
The clients in the following case studies are ethnic Albanians and come from all levels of education and economic backgrounds. The directions were given at a B1 level of Albanian on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) scale, or given in English. Specific information pertaining to the client is not disclosed in this paper in order to protect client privacy.
The clients experienced a sand tray therapy session in four stages, (adapted from Sandplay-Worldplay by DeDomenico, 1999) based on a building process that was adapted for use in cross-cultural therapy. The four stages are:
x Building phase x Bonding stage x Being stage
x Title/message of this world