How long does it take to read Dibs in Search of Self?
Dibs in Search of Self by Virginia M. Axline takes about 3 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 214 pages, about 58,850 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dibs in Search of Self, by clinical psychologist Virginia Axline, is a 1964 account of one year of weekly play therapy with a young boy called Dibs. He belongs to a wealthy, highly educated family, and he shows signs of being gifted. Even so, his parents and most of his teachers view him as emotionally or cognitively disturbed, because he withdraws from others, seldom speaks, and strikes out physically. Axline applies non-directive, person-centered methods drawn from Carl Rogers. In each hour Dibs may act and speak freely while she offers patience, support, and reflective responses that show she listens without judging.
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Subjects: Child psychiatry, Case studies
