I second Sarah's comment, and hope that you do follow it and report to us!
I would recommend googling sand tray/play therapy as an additional
resource. It might be good inspiration.
And, I would also say that a constellation for the family could be helpful.
My youngest, who is 5 now, has had history of unusually angry outbursts.
When I made contact with an "angry ancestor", while it didn't magically fix
things, it was helpful and brought a new level of compassion to my
parenting.
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 'Sarah Priest' Sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Not familiar with working with a small child BUT it sounds like you have
a brilliant inspiration. I get the feeling you should go with your
feelings about it – you obviously care deeply.
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*Subject:* [ConstellationTalk] Has anyone used "constellations" to help
kids communicate?
Hi everyone,
I have a friend with a 4-year old son who often gets angry and
frustrated. Often, it simply sounds like he's being a four year-old. But
other times there is a buried hurt inside the anger which he is just too
young to recognise, let alone verbalise.
So I am curious, if anyone has experience of using the methods of
individual constellations to help children communicate things they don't
know how to communicate.
Please note, I'm NOT enquiring about doing a therapeutic constellation
either with the little boy or for him. I don't think anyone involved
needs therapy.
Rather, I'm interested if there is a way of using markers on the floor -
cushions or coloured felts etc - to convert communication about feelings
from the realm of talk, which he is years away from mastering, into the
realm of movement.
For example, I could imagine starting with a game with felt markers for
eg the characters in "The Cat in the Hat" [
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat ] and say eg "OK, so
the boy is HERE and the girl is HERE and the cat is THERE, where would
the fish be?" [the fish is angry and afraid]. And so introduce the
notion of position relating to emotions.
Has anyone any experience of this?
Best regards to all
Andrew
