ABSTRACT

This is a story from inside the child psychologist's room. Victor, who is two and a half years old, has lost his mother and younger brother in a car accident. He is 'sunny and happy' and does not cry. He is a child in deep crisis and comes for a crisis therapy. In this book we will follow Victor for his fifteen treatment sessions. He shows through play and activities how he is followed and piloted through his grief by his therapist. The healing by play therapy is depicted in words and pictures out of the perspective of both patient and therapist. The crisis therapy will work as the first link into a new future. In spite of the tragic reasons for the meetings, A Big and a Little One is Gone is a documentary story which brings both hope and courage.

chapter ONE|4 pages

It started with a phone call

chapter TWO|10 pages

SOS!

Session one: 7 March

chapter THREE|9 pages

Session two: 9 March

chapter FOUR|8 pages

Session three: 13 March

chapter FIVE|11 pages

Results of assessment and choice of treatment

Session four: 21 March

chapter SIX|12 pages

Therapy starts

Session five: 28 March

chapter SEVEN|7 pages

Session six: 4 April

chapter EIGHT|10 pages

Session seven: 11 April

chapter NINE|10 pages

Therapy continues

Session eight: 18 April

chapter TEN|8 pages

Session nine: 25 April

chapter ELEVEN|9 pages

Session ten: 2 May

chapter TWELVE|9 pages

Session eleven: 9 May

chapter THIRTEEN|8 pages

Session twelve: 16 May

chapter FOURTEEN|9 pages

Therapy nears a conclusion

Session thirteen: 23 May

chapter FIFTEEN|13 pages

Session fourteen: 6 June

chapter SIXTEEN|6 pages

Session fifteen: 13 June

chapter SEVENTEEN|4 pages

Therapy is over

chapter EIGHTEEN|4 pages

Four years later

chapter NINETEEN|14 pages

Children and trauma

chapter TWENTY|4 pages

The psychotherapist

chapter TWENTY-ONE|3 pages

Reflections