Andriola describes a ten-year-old which he treated at the Children's Center in Detroit. Thirteen interviews with the patient are described. The worker proceeded according to a preconceived attitude which asked for release of aggression, though why aggression should be released is not explained. As a means toward this end the worker even provoked the patient with his own aggression. The conclusions drawn from this procedure are necessarily unreliable and inadequate. We therefore fully agree with Andriola's statement: 'Play