Category: Books & Publications

By Margaret Lowenfeld

In the development of any science there is a peculiarly intimate relationship between the structure of new instruments of investigation and the type of knowledge which is gained thereby.

By Thérèse Woodcock

Firstly, the Lowenfeld Mosaics enables the young person to engage in something which does not require him directly to explain himself. In the meantime, this enables the therapist to observe the young person’s style of reaction and action in a practical activity, which naturally displays him, in two ways First, there is the design or picture that he makes [product], and secondly, the therapist can observe, how he goes about the task of making it [the process]..Inevitably, when doing a mosaic, a person will be expressing himself, which in the context of this particular encounter, will include his inner concerns.

By Thérèse Woodcock

Dr Margaret Lowenfeld was one of the 20th century’s pioneers of psychology and child psychotherapy. Her distinctive contribution to the field was based not only on her view of the primacy of communication in our understanding of each other, but the fact that our thoughts and feelings about our personal experiences are not adequately captured by words alone. This led directly to her development of the Mosaics and World/sandplay techniques, both non-verbal multidimensional expressive tools which underpin her approach to psychotherapy.