23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

come in my arms and I shall sing you a lullaby?". He
used to answer with a smile and he used to come in my
arms; he half-closed his eyes with a blissful expression
and he threw his arms round my neck.
He started to use his legs always better: he began
running, jumping, kicking the ball, riding a ciclette, He
proved to understand better verbal language; he carried
out complicated orders (but he wanted me to stay near
him), He had aquired a great dependence from me; as I
was more and ai-id more important for him, he even
liked me more than his parents, This fact would have
given me the opportunity (after having strengthened
this phase) to incite G. to have new experiences with the
certainty of my disposability. Little by little he accepted
to carry out orders which made him go away physically
(even if he was very unwilling to do this); however, he
used to come back as soon as possible as if he needed
an affective supplying (Mahler 1978).
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In the meanwhile there were changes in the sexual
sphere: he had already began to touch himself the penis
and to masturbate, He accepted to go to the bathroom
to piddle or to defecate; he used to sit down on the toilet
and he wanted me to hold his hands. I used to tell him
not to be scared to loose something that belonged to
him because later on he would have drunk and eaten
and his tummy would have been filled up again, He
used to look at me and smile, Once he began to jump
and smile while he was sitting on the toilet: he seemed
to be happy to defecate 'without danger (Kelin 1975).
He also proved his fear of loosing something when he
vomitad or he salivated too much: in fact he had the
habit to pass his hand over what he had lost, as it he
wanted to get it back again.
Because of these good results, I planned an
intervention in order to favour his socialization: I made
him watch the rehearzal of the "concert" (it is a practical
activity I educational- rehabilitative level), G, stayed on