This study examined the establishment of boundaries (between inside and outside, and self and others) in play therapy based on sessions conducted with a client with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Prior research has shown that generation of subject is important for children with ASD, and that separation of self and others arises. In this case, the client experienced separation in the early stages of the therapy, but continued to return to the state of fusion, which indicated that he had difficulties establishing boundaries. Therefore, in this paper, the dynamics of boundaries are viewed as a “discontinuity.” The therapy process revealed that the client and therapist reached a state of passive “discontinuity” through the framework, that the “discontinuities” arose incidentally, and that there was simultaneous establishment of “discontinuity” and “continuity”. Through this process, the client actively created “discontinuities” on his own; that is, boundaries were established.
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