ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with the concept of mind and argues that no theory about the concept can exist before a mind has yet been established. A great deal of literature has been published on psychoanalytically based psychotherapy with children with autism. The concept of dimension, such as to go into/out of the room and to physically feel concepts such as foreground/background became central themes for a long time. When meeting children with autism in psychoanalytically based psychotherapy, it is necessary to have a multidimensional approach, in which the growth of the child's cognition presupposes emotional learning and experience in a social context. Parents, teachers, and therapists of children with autism have to take into account both "nature" and "nurture". As to nature, one must take into account the condition of the child's physical equipment. There are different opinions about the causes of the deficiencies in the "equipment".
