Sculpting the family and the couple: A floating object in the therapy playground

This article presents the use of a tool in systemic intervention and family therapy, sculpture. By mobilizing the body, this technique provides access to emotional materials. The acting out of relational schemes and the emotions associated with them enable the family or couple to convert increased awareness into decisions to change. In the constructivist perspective of co-creation, this tool is a path to the mythical level of the consultant system.