ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case study of Suzanne (S), a young girl who was about five and a half years old. It highlights the complexity of the child’s experience, development and personality. The chapter describes the therapeutic experience as it developed from the beginning to the end, choo sing the most significant sequence from the material from a development point of view. She suffered from spasticity and was severely delayed both verbally and non-verbally—according to the Reynell language test scale, her comprehension level was considered to be around the age of two years and seven months, whereas according to the Symbolic Play Test, her mental age was under twelve months. The proper beginning of therapy was preceded by a series of preliminary assessment meetings. The clinical material seems to suggest that S’s main problem was her inability to experience herself as a child external and independent from her primary maternal object.
