Case VIII ‘Charles’ aet 9 Years

The following case illustrates the way in which the understanding of a detail was necessary. The main principles hold, that the child gradually gets a sense of the emotional climate in the interview and unfolds himself. This boy had been referred by a colleague who also had an interview with him, and a Child Guidance Clinic had not succeeded in making useful contact.

This boy complained of headaches and of ‘thoughts’. It was his mind that was troubling him and he was beginning to have ideas about his thinking apparatus. He had said that one bit of his brain was taking over the rest of him. He had started to make vows and he tried to keep them, but these vows made no difference even when he swore by the Bible.

We settled down to the squiggle game.

1. Mine, which he turned into a fish.