1st Edition
Drawings in Assessment and Psychotherapy Research and Application
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: History of the Development and Use of the Most Popular Figure Drawing Instruments
Handler, Thomas, Smith
Chapter 2: Detailed Instructions for Administration of Figure Drawing Tests
Handler, Thomas
Chapter 3: The Validity of Figure Drawing Tests in Assessment and Psychotherapy
Thomas, Handler, Getz, Smith
Chapter 4: Structured Figure Drawing Scales to Assess Emotional Disturbance
Naglieri
Chapter 5: Using Stimulus and Response Drawings to Assess Emotional Needs and Cognitive Skills
Silver
Chapter 6: Unstructured and Lesser Known Approaches to the Interpretation and Evaluation of Figure Drawings
Handler
Chapter 7: The Tree Test: A Parsimonious Projective Drawing Technique
Corff, Tivendell, Leblanc
Chapter 8: The Bird’s Nest Drawing: Assessing Attachment Security
Kaiser
Chapter 9: The Wartegg Drawing Completion Test: A New Methodology
Crisi
Chapter 10: Clinical Application of Figure Drawing Techniques
Tharinger, Roberts
Chapter 11: Pre- and Post-Treatment Drawings (PPATs) of Trauma Survivors
Gantt
Chapter 12: Use of Figure Drawings with Sexually and Physically Abused Children
Thomas, Engram
Chapter 13: Draw-A-Person in the Rain Test
Lichtenberg
Chapter 14: The H-T-P Drawings of Anorexic Patients: Characteristics and Reliability
Thomas, Getz, Smith, Rivas
Chapter 15: Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Children’s Human Figure Drawings
Deaver
Chapter 16: The Art Therapy-Projective Imagery Assessment
Bernier
Chapter 17: Innovative Drawing Techniques: The Human Replacement Technique for Free Drawings, Doodling and Free Drawings, and the "What Could it Be" Approach
Thomas, Getz
Chapter 18: Innovative Drawing Techniques: Symbolic Family Drawing and Abstract Replacement Techniques
Perryman, Hanback
Chapter 19: Osteopathic Body-Healing Reflected in Children’s Drawings
Thomas, Dufresne, Picard
Chapter 20: Clinical Application of Figure Drawing Techniques: Case Study
Finger
Chapter 21: Four Case Illustrations: A Multiple-Problem Adolescent, Persistent Castration Anxiety, Separation Anxiety, and Psychosomatic Reactions
Thomas, Handler
Chapter 22: Changes in Figure Drawings with Treatment: Case Illustrations
Thomas, Handler
Chapter 23: Summary and Discussion of Future Uses of Figure Drawings
Thomas, Handler
Biography
Leonard Handler, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee and a former president of the Society for Personality Assessment.
Antoinette D. Thomas, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Montreal, Canada.