"I want to stop because now I know everything. I know what happens in this home now and I know what the rules are," said John, 10, to his play therapist Jo Carroll when his sessions were coming to an end. "It has taken a year to get to that point," reveals Carroll, who adds that John had moved from home to home and seemed likely never to settle down.
"He had had very limited play experience in the past," explains Carroll, "but he could make things. And as he was playing he would talk about what was happening at home and about his past. It's interesting that he used construction toys, because somehow things fitted together for him in the end."
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