“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, it’s imagination.” Albert Einstein
Timmy comes to see me today for his play therapy session. As soon as he gets in to the playroom he gets down on his hands and knees in front of the sand tray. He runs the sand through his fingers and doesn’t speak. He moves the sand round and makes two circular patterns beside one another. I notice he visibly relaxes as he does this. After about five minutes he notices the army figures by the side of the sand tray. He begins to place them in to the sand and creates a battle scene. There is a war, between good and bad. The bad side is winning and there seems to be no hope. We play like this for 25 minutes.
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