This study can be regarded as Sandtray therapy case study for the adolescents with
childhoods trauma. The adolescents as subjects of this study are those who took terrible
difficulties in the process of growth and had no chance to get enough nutrition from
their mother suffering from depression. The students coming for counseling, the 3rd grade
(since 1st grade) adolescents of middle school, show difficulties such as environment
without caring in the relationship with parents during the childhood, behavior problems
during adolescence like depression, fantasy novel addiction, anger adjustment and school
maladjustment. This sand therapy program has been practiced in K community center G
city from 20th, Dec, 2013 to 13th Mar, 2015 once a week for total 45 sessions.
The purpose of these counseling is to know suppressed the feeling of students with
childhood trauma and to improve relationship with parents and school adjustment. The
results of analysis showed the reduction of childhood trauma in quantity, the restoration
of relationship with mother by means of counseling process, the reduction of negative
expressions and the improvement of school adjustment as well as relationship with the
peer. This suggests that the sand therapy is effective for decreasing problem behavior
for adolescents suffering from childhood trauma.