Matter of Healing: An artistic experiment with a clay therapy method

Matter of Healing borrows its method from psychotherapist Hans Deuser who invented a novel form of clay therapy wherein a patient, eyes closed, intuitively sculpts wet clay and a therapist bears witness. Like its predecessor, sand play therapy, Arbeit am Tonfeld® (or Work at the Clay Field®) [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

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German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
Published
2026-06-12
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https://doi.org/10.3205/26isfam171
Primary Topic
Child Therapy and Development
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Matter of Healing: An artistic experiment with a clay therapy method

Sasha Bergstrom-Katz
German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
Child Therapy and Development
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Matter of Healing: An artistic experiment with a clay therapy method

Sasha Bergstrom-Katz
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Abstract

Matter of Healing borrows its method from psychotherapist Hans Deuser who invented a novel form of clay therapy wherein a patient, eyes closed, intuitively sculpts wet clay and a therapist bears witness. Like its predecessor, sand play therapy, Arbeit am Tonfeld® (or Work at the Clay Field®) [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
Bielefeld University (DE)
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Child Therapy and Development
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