In this study, I provided art therapy to a child client diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorder. I
explored the meanings of psychological confusion caused by autism and the possibility of keeping the
confusion, even if only to a slight degree, under control. I suggested three points of study. First, I explored
the client’s attitude during art therapy to reinterpret the client’s autistic state and its cause. Second, I
explored the inner change in myself as I responded to the client. Lastly, I explored the factors that caused
resonance in our minds and interaction between us. I used the narrative exploration to describe the unique
experience for myself and in the client. The results of this study suggest that the client chose to be in an
autistic state, to not be engaged psychologically, as an extreme attempt to survive. I needed to be an object
of infanthood transfer in order to reconstruct the early infanthood trauma and experience of the client who
had reverted to his autistic state. In the process, I experienced physical and psychological confusion as my
infanthood sentiments were connected with the client's experiences. When I approached the child through
intersubjectivity, the client started to grow up, experiencing the intersubjectivity through which the client
could be an agent to himself and also be a mutual agent.