This report covers the first seven months of the analysis of a six-year-old boy whose mother died four months after he began his treatment. The terminal phase of her illness started just two weeks after his first analytic session. I have tried to outline the technical problems which came in the wake of this tragedy and how they were approached. In this particular instance I was impressed with how little variation seemed necessary from the basic child analytic technique appropriate for a child of his age.

I have tried to present sufficient material to follow this boy through his gradual acceptance of the reality loss to the beginning of his mourning. I