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This paper discusses how Virginia M. Axline's "Dibs in Search of Self" provides a case study demonstrating the potential benefits of child play therapy. Dibs is a boy who, at the age of six, has closed himself off from the surrounding world to such an extent that he is almost completely unable to communicate his wants, needs or emotions. The paper discusses the use of play therapy throughout the book and offers the writer's personal opinion on this type of therapy.

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"Nevertheless, despite the overwhelming success play therapy had on Dibs, it is not my belief that such an approach would be a suitable treatment for all troubled children; but rather, a very specific subset of children. Children who have problems expressing emotions and keep interactions with others to a minimum can greatly benefit from environments in which they construct the rules. Other children-specifically those who bully their parents-may demand completely different types of treatment. Many children simply require situations where there are immediate consequences for their actions. It is unclear in my mind that children of this nature could benefit at all from play therapy."

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