Book review : Dibs: In search of self by Virginia M. Axline

Henderson, Bruce (2025) Book review : Dibs: In search of self by Virginia M. Axline. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 24 (2). pp. 80-81. ISSN 1478-1840

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In response to James Anglin’s challenge in this journal’s previous issue, to take an old book off the shelf and reread it, I immediately thought of Virginia Axline’s Dibs: In Search of Self. When I became an undergraduate psychology major over 50 years ago and wanted to begin to work under my mentor, Jerry Levin, it was prerequisite reading. Jerry knew Axline from Teachers College at Columbia University. As a practicing clinical psychologist and academic, Jerry was not particularly wedded to the specifics of Axline’s ‘play therapy’ method, but he thought Axline’s approach to interacting with children provided an ideal model for his students. I think he was right.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	94525
  Dates:	Date Event 13 November 2025 Published 1 August 2025 Accepted
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS)
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	27 Oct 2025 12:54
  Last modified:	17 Nov 2025 22:42
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/94525