num_pages: 198
description: This is the story of a little boy named Dibs. He would not talk. He would not play. Judged mentally defective, he was oblivious both to other children and to his teacher; in reality he was a brilliant, lovely child trapped in a prison of fear and rage, a prison from which only he could release himself. And through psychotherapy and love, he did.DECEMBER, Monday 20: Dibs is the only real person I ever met in the classroom who could teach me what it means to be a complete personAs a psychoanalyst I welcome this book with all my heart - D.W Winnicott in New SocietyCover Photograph: James Walker
language: English
title: Dibs in Search of Self: Personality Development in Play Therapy
titlecomplete: Dibs in Search of Self: Personality Development in Play Therapy
genres: Counselling, Psychology, Parenting, School, Biography, Memoir, Education, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Mental Health, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 13032
publisher: Ballantine Books