-...I am flooded with warmth for this little expert on the art of living, who has just realised that even he has the possibility to live a long life. My interpretation is that he trusts he will get the time he needs in therapy to reach, first adulthood, and, then, old age. Right now he believes he will continue to be in therapy for the rest of his life. He cannot imagine that it is going to come to an end. However, I have started to think about when we will have to part and I am not looking forward to it...-

-From Chaos to Coherence- is the true story, told in everyday language, of...

This is a story from inside the child psychologist's room. Victor is two and a half years old and has lost his mother and younger brother in a car accident. He is -sunny and happy- and doesn't cry. He is a child in deep crisis.

This book follows Victor for his fifteen treatment sessions, showing how his therapist pilots the boy through his grief via play and other activities. This healing by play therapy is depicted in words and pictures from the perspective of both patient and therapist. Bringing both hope and courage, Elisabeth Cleve shows how crisis therapy can work as the first...