Third Session

Richard was on time. He soon turned to the map and expressed his fears about the British battleships being blockaded in the Mediterranean if Gibraltar were taken by the Germans. They could not get through Suez. He also spoke of injured soldiers and showed some anxiety about their fate. He wondered how the British troops

could be rescued from Greece. What would Hitler do to the Greeks; would he enslave them? Looking at the map, he said with concern that Portugal was a very small country compared with big Germany, and would be overcome by Hitler. He mentioned Norway, about whose attitude he was doubtful, though it might not prove to be a bad ally after all.

Mrs K. interpreted that he also worried unconsciously about what might happen to Daddy when he put his genital into Mummy. Daddy might not be able to get out of Mummy's inside and would be caught there, like the ships in the Mediterranean. This also applied to the troops which had to be retrieved from Greece. She referred to what he had said in the first session about a person standing on his head and dying because his blood flowed down. This was what he thought might happen to Daddy when at night he put his genital into Mummy. He was also afraid that Mummy would be hurt by the tramp-Daddy. Thus he felt anxious about both parents and guilty because of his aggressive wishes against them. His dog Bobby stood for himself wanting to take his father's place with Mummy (the armchair standing for the bed), and whenever he felt jealous and angry, he hated and attacked Daddy in his thoughts (Note I). This made him also feel sorry and guilty [Oedipus situation].

Richard smiled agreement at Mrs K.'s saying that the dog stood for himself, but disagreed emphatically with the other part of the interpretation, because he would never do such a thing.

Mrs K. explained that the feeling that he would not really carry out such an attack was a great relief to him, but pointed out that he might have felt that host