Este volumen está basado en la historia real de Dibs, un niño con problemas que logró reconstruir su sí mismo con su propio esfuerzo. Esto fue posible también gracias a la terapia de juego, tal como se describe minuciosamente a lo largo del libro mediante la transcripción, una a una, de las sesiones terapéuticas. La terapia de juego llevada a cabo por la psicóloga Virginia Axline, proporcionó a Dibs las condiciones relacionales que le permitieron explorar y elaborar su experiencia interna consigo mismo y con las personas significativas que le rodeaban. Aunque sin duda se trata de un libro de gran relevancia para los especialistas en terapia, también lo es para cualquier persona interesada por el aún desconocido mundo infantil y la repercusión, en el día a día, de las relaciones en el seno de las familias o de la escuela.

"The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published." NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine Here is an intensely practical book that gives specific illustrations of how therapy can be implemented in play contacts, and tells how the toys of the playroom can be vivid performers and aids in growth. As she did with DIBS IN SEARCH OF SELF, Dr. Axline has taken true case histories from the rich mine of verbatim case material of children referred for play therapy, choosing children ranging in age, problem, and personality. It's all here in an important and rewarding book for parents, teachers, and anyone who comes in contact with children.

Over 3 million copies sold worldwide and translated into seven languages! For over 25 years Counselling for Toads has provided readers with a warm and engaging introduction to counselling, brought to life by Toad and his friends from Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. Over the course of ten sessions, which correspond to chapters of the book, a very depressed Toad learns how to analyse his own feelings and develop his emotional intelligence using the language and ideas of transactional analysis. He meets his 'rebellious child' and his 'adult' along the way and by the end of the book, Toad is setting out on a completely new adventure – as debonair as he ever was. Readers will learn about the counselling process and themselves as they join Toad on his journey from psychological distress to psychological growth and development. A must-read for anyone approaching counselling for the first time, whether as a student or as a client, or for the professional counsellor looking for something to recommend to the hesitant.