ABSTRACT
Action is one of the central ideas in the form of therapy, both the action of the therapist and the action of the patient. Action occurs outside the office also, when the parents go home to try something different. J. Piaget’s argued that children adapt through complex sequences of accommodations and assimilations, all of which occur through activity. This general point of view has become pervasive in developmental psychology. The child tries to sit on the bicycle, the parent holds it, and the parent exhorts the child to try to push the pedals, although most children have seen others riding bikes so they have an idea that that is necessary. The parent stays next to the child, holding the bike so it will not fall over, providing support and the comfort of his presence. The more intransigent difficulty is often with the child, or rather with the child as brought up by the parents.
