February 2026 Week 3

Not all anxiety is created equal and neither are Sandtray interventions.

Let’s focus next on matching interventions to specific anxiety presentations, allowing you to work with more intention and clinical precision.

Sandtray Cheat Sheet for 4 Anxiety Diagnoses, including:

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Panic/Somatic Anxiety
• Social Anxiety Disorder
• Avoidance-Based Anxiety (Phobias)

Each diagnosis on this cheat sheet will include definitions, tips, directives, and prompts with guidance to adapt based on your client’s developmental level & nervous system state.

You will also find a few easy & quick anxiety type tests/quizzes that make for great starting points with a client, such as:

• Psychology Today’s GAD Test
• Rula’s ‘What Type of Anxiety Do You Have?’ Quiz
• Mental Health America Anxiety Test

REMINDER ~ Tests + quizzes are not an official diagnosis, they are helpful tools that can benefit clients with a starting point to understanding + evaluating their anxiety and its roots. 

So let’s ease into the week, taking it one moment at a time with the resources and tools we have available.

Talk soon,

Amy & the Southern Sandtray Team