An Introduction to Dr Margaret Lowenfeld’s approach to child psychotherapy by Therese Woodcock and Susie Summers. Therese was trained and clinically supervised by Dr Margaret Lowenfeld at the Institute of Child Psychology (ICP) in London 1969-72.

Margaret Lowenfeld developed the Lowenfeld Mosaics to allow children to express themselves with simple geometric shapes and colours. She called it, ‘the personality in action’. The Lowenfeld Mosaics were always used during the first session and last session as a form of assessment. But some children also liked to use it in every session as a form of expression.

The World Technique was developed by Margaret Lowenfeld as a way to engage children in a therapeutic process and to allow them to express themselves non-verbally through play. She allowed them to build a picture of their world using wet and dry sand in separate trays with a selection of miniature toys.

Speech and language therapist Susie Summers, who was trained by Therese Woodcock in Lowenfeld’s approach, describes a client that she worked with using Lowenfeld’s approach.

Speech and language therapist Susie Summers describes using Lowenfeld’s approach with a boy who experienced the 9/11 disaster in New York.

Child psychotherapist and author Therese Woodcock describes a client that she worked with using Lowenfeld’s approach.

This video is about the origins of Sandplay Therapy. For more information please see www.sandplay.net. The video was produced by Alison Van Dyk at Sandplay in the US.

This video on Sandplay by executive producer Alison Van Dyk at www.sandplay.net was produced by Len Morris for Galen Films. It shows the use of sandplay in a modern school context and also discusses the work of Dr Margaret Lowenfeld.