Dibs in Search of Self: Personality Development in Play Therapy

Virginia M. Axline

Dibs in Search of Self: Personality Development in Play Therapy
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 June 2022
Pages
208
ISBN
9780241547977

Dibs in Search of Self: Personality Development in Play Therapy

Virginia M. Axline

A heartbreaking nonfiction classic from a renowed child psychologist

In 1964, renowned psychotherapist Virginia M. Axline visited a New York school. There she encountered a little boy apart from teachers and children. Dibs sat alone, or gently traced the edge of the room, defying approach and every attempt at interaction. Every day was like this, and every day his teachers feared further that their support was not enough. As a last resort, Axline was asked to meet with Dibs for a series of weekly play therapy sessions. There, through the guise of time spent will toys and paint, Dibs’ extraordinary character – and the circumstance of his pain – is slowly revealed…

Based on the transcripts of their sessions together, Dibs in Search of Self is a seminal testament to the power of psychotherapy, and a classic of twentieth century nonfiction – an incredible true story of personal transformation.

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