(The first two sessions are based on incomplete notes)

Mrs K. had prepared some little toys and a writing-pad, pencils, and chalks on a table, with two chairs by it. When she sat down, Richard also sat down, paying no attention to the toys and looking at her in an expectant and eager way, obviously waiting for her to say something. She suggested that he knew why he was coming to her: he had some difficulties with which he wanted to be helped.

Richard agreed and at once began to talk about his worries (Note I). He was afraid of boys he met in the street and of going out by himself, and this fear had been getting worse and worse. It had made him hate school. He also thought much about the war. Of course he knew the Allies were going to win and was not worried, but was it not awful what Hitler did to people, particularly the terrible things he did to the Poles? Did he mean to do the same over