First the counselor heard Mom relate the problem. Afterwards he spent an hour talking with Hsiao Ming alone. The therapist discovered that the most direct cause of the change in Hsiao Ming's behavior was the birth of his younger brother. Hsiao Ming began to feel that his mother was spending all her time looking after his brother, and ignoring him, and he began to show signs of regression.
心理輔導師聽了媽媽敘述問題後，與小明單獨會談了約一小時，發現小明行為的改變，最直接的肇因是家中添了弟弟，讓小明覺得媽媽忙於照顧弟弟，忽略了自己，而產生的退化現象。