ABSTRACT

Drawing is a language, projected by children and adults, reflecting their joy and pain. It is used extensively by clinical psychologists, art therapists, social workers, and other mental health professionals in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, adults, and couples. This book brings together a renowned group of professionals to analyze the research and application of the most popular assessment and treatment tools. Tests discussed include the Draw-a-Person Test, the House-Tree-Person Test, the Kinetic Family Drawing Test, the Art Therapy-Projective Imagery Assessment, and the Wartegg Drawing Completion Test. Working with sexually and physically abused children, assessing clients with anorexia nervosa, and the influence of osteopathic treatment on drawings are some of the special topics considered. Numerous case studies are also included.

chapter 1|6 pages

Historical Perspectives

Figure drawings

chapter 3|25 pages

Human Figure Drawings in Therapeutic Assessment with Children

Process, Product, Context, and Systemic impact

chapter 6|18 pages

Anorexic House-Tree-Person Drawings

Profile and reliability

chapter 10|16 pages

The Wartegg Drawing Completion Test

A New Methodology

chapter 12|10 pages

The Tree Test

A parsimonious projective drawing technique

chapter 13|11 pages

Using the Squiggle Game in the Clinical Interview of Adolescents

A case study of psychodynamic therapeutic assessment

chapter 16|6 pages

Case Study

Jason, “A Little Boy with a Lot Inside”

chapter 17|22 pages

Four Case Illustrations

chapter 18|18 pages

The Intersection of Art Therapy and Psychological Assessment

Unified approaches to the use of drawings and artistic processes