Psychodynamic Study in detail 2: Axaline case study of Dibs
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- Psychodynaic study in detail 2: Axline case study of Dibs (1946)
- Aim
- To use play therapy to help Dibs unlock his problem and fulfil his potential
- Case description
- Dibs was a case study of one small boy who did not join in at school, would not be taught and was violent towards others
- A teacher did not think Dibs was lacking in intelligence but Dibs was destruptive and would have to leave school.
- Axline was called to try to help Dibs and she used a therapy that allowed Dibs to be himself and play as he liked.
- Case analysis
- Dibs talked to Axline and was very clear he was intelligent and read well for his age.
- Axline discovered that Dibs mother has thought he might have learning difficulties so she spent a lot of time in the early years testing him.Axline thought that prahaps this excessive testing and anxiety
- Father seemed not to love him and critisised him alot. had lead him to withdrawing
- Dibs worked through his anger by using play and symbols.This linked to freuds idea of unconscious thinking.
- Dibs behaviour could have come from demands of the ID becuase the SUPEREGO had become over controlling through his parents expectations
- The ID had been repressed and needed to be released. As Dibs was also 5 years old and wanted to get rid of his father this can also be related to the oedipus complex.
- Evaluation
- Weakness
- Difficult to test reliability because Dibs will never be 5yrs again. There are links to theory but difficult to apply
- Positive
- Shows that three parts of the personality need balancing
- Shows that if problems acted out a balance can be achieved. Qualitative data, rich in-depth witch acutal words used by Dibs. Used many different methods, questionnaires, interviews,observations and play therapy so there is high validity
- Weakness
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