Dibs in Search of Self
by Virginia M Axline
Dibs was having trouble in school and his parents thought he was autistic. It’s a small book, but very moving and very powerfully written
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“I like this book because it really resonates in terms of why I do what I do and, particularly, why I am passionate about child and adolescent mental health. The book is all about child therapy and a boy called Dibs who wouldn’t talk and wouldn’t play. He has lots of difficulties and issues, and I think he represents a lot of children with mental health problems who are easily misunderstood. We get very anxious about mental health – and when it comes to children we get deeply, deeply anxious about it.” Read more...
The best books on Child Psychology and Mental Health
Tanya Byron, Psychologist
