“If I could get across to Dibs my confidence in him as a person who had good reasons for everything he did, and if I could convey the concept that there were no hidden answers for him to guess, no concealed standards of behavior or expression that were not openly stated, no pressure for him to read my mind and come up with a solution that I had already decided upon, no rush to do everything today—then, perhaps, Dibs would catch more and more of a feeling of security and of the rightness of his own actions so he could clarify, understand, and accept them. This would take time, real effort, great patience on the part of both of us. And it must at all times be basically and fundamentally honest.” HealingAnxietyTraumaTherapyNeurodiversityDibsTherapeutic Relationship Author:Virginia Axline
“Asking questions in therapy would be so helpful if anyone ever answered them accurately. But no one ever does.” IfsDoeWould BeAskingTherapyHelpfulAsking Questions Author:Virginia Axline
“Play Therapy is based upon the fact that play is the child's natural medium of self-expression. It is an opportunity which is given to the child to 'play out' his feelings and problems just as, in certain types of adult therapy, an individual 'talks out' his difficulties.” ChildrenSelfPlayFactsFeelingsProblemCertainOpportunityIndividualGivenNaturalExpressionTypeAdultsDifficultyMediumsTherapySelf Expression Book:Play Therapy - The Inner Dynamics of Childhood Source: Play Therapy - The Inner Dynamics of Childhood