Using Drawings in Assessment and Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

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ISBN: 9781583910375 | 1583910379
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Copyright: 10/4/2004

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This is an updated version of the very successful first edition which condenses and synthesizes a variety of drawing directives that aid clinicians in the assessment process, as well as in therapy. The new edition will update literature reviews, provide new case studies and art work. Its unique blend of assessment techniques and therapeutic uses of drawing make the book appealing to all mental health professionals, from therapists and counselors through to psychiatrists.

Foreword

xiii

Debra Linesch

Preface

Acknowledgments

xix

Clinical Uses of Drawings

(40)

Expression through Drawings

(7)

Drawings Are Less Threatening

(1)

Drawings Provide Focused Discussion

(1)

Drawings Supply Creative Solutions

(3)

Drawings Provide Visual Representations of Problem Areas

(1)

Drawings Expand Therapeutic Engagement

(1)

Alternative Problem Solving

(6)

Historical Views of Drawing

(3)

Development as Seen through Drawings

(5)

Stages of Development

(4)

Drawings in the Assessment Process

(4)

Symbols of Personal Meaning in Assessment

(1)

Psychotherapeutic Advantages of Drawing

(2)

Crisis-Oriented Interventions

(6)

Drawings Increase Clarification and Coping Skills

(1)

Drawings Can Portray Past Events

(1)

The Importance of Other Art Media

(1)

Implications of Color

(2)

Concluding Images

(3)

Beginning Assessment and Treatment

(30)

Responding to Referral Questions

(5)

Identifying Presenting Problems

(1)

Main Referral Sources

(3)

Answering Referral Questions

(3)

Puzzles that Need Solutions

(1)

Multiple-Measures Approaches to Assessment

(3)

Drawings in the Test Battery

(1)

Drawings and Cognitive Development

(11)

Quick Estimates of Intelligence

(3)

From Enjoyment to Structure

(1)

Developmental Progressions

(5)

Developmental Scoring Systems

(1)

Using Drawings as Projective Devices

(5)

Personality Dimensions of Human Figure Drawings

(1)

Emotional Signs and Indicators

(1)

Criticisms and Controversies

(1)

Variations in Drawing Directives

(2)

The Importance of Behavioral Observations

(1)

Summary

(5)

Drawings in the Diagnostic Process

(76)

Diagnostic Indicators

(2)

Art as Personal Expression

(1)

Goodenough-Harris Drawing Procedure

(2)

Machover's Draw-A-Person Test

(8)

Instructions

(1)

Interpretations and Cautions

(6)

Draw-A-Person-In-The-Rain Technique

(6)

Mother-and-Child Drawings

(3)

House-Tree-Person Technique

(23)

House Drawings

(8)

Tree Drawings

101

(7)

Person Drawings

108

(7)

Kinetic-House-Tree-Person Technique

115

(1)

Family Drawing Procedures

116

(14)

Kinetic-Family-Drawing

118

(2)

Family-Centered-Circle-Drawing

120

(3)

Kinetic School Drawing

123

(4)

Silver Drawing Tests

127

(2)

The Diagnostic Drawing Series

129

(1)

Sexual Abuse Indicators in Drawings

130

(14)

Conclusion

144

(3)

Using Drawings During Individual Psychotherapy

147

(58)

Images of Psychotherapy

147

(5)

Increasing Spontaneity and Self-Discovery

152

(3)

Promoting Maturity

155

(5)

Tools of Active Change

155

(5)

Documenting Progress

160

(4)

The Benefits of Using Drawing Techniques

162

(1)

Overcoming Resistance

163

(1)

Draw-A-Story Game

164

(1)

Initial Stages of Psychotherapy

165

(9)

Discovering Pathways to Establish Trust

165

(6)

Empowering the Client

171

(1)

Patient Considerations

172

(2)

Dealing with Power Struggles

174

(1)

Techniques that Assist Therapeutic Beginnings

174

(5)

The Scribble

174

(4)

Free Drawings

178

(1)

How Drawings Impact Therapy Sessions

179

(3)

Time Limits

179

(1)

Homework

180

(1)

Missed Appointments

181

(1)

Enhancing the Therapeutic Relationship

182

(2)

Discussing Shared Symbols

182

(1)

When Interpretations Are Considered

182

(1)

Outlining Desired Change

183

(1)

Establishing Relationships

184

(2)

Resolving Emotional Blocks

186

(1)

Working with Dreams

187

(4)

Cathartic Releases and Regression

191

(1)

Portrayals of Transference

192

(3)

The Drawing of Transference

192

(2)

Dual Drawings

194

(1)

Resolving Conflicts

195

(1)

Therapeutic Endings

196

(7)

Summary

203

(2)

Drawings in Family Evaluations

205

(54)

The Family Organization

205

(3)

The Family Therapy Movement

208

(15)

Bowen's Theoretical Concepts

209

(2)

Structural Family Therapy

211

(8)

Strategic Interventions

219

(1)

Communication Theory

219

(4)

The Therapist as Detective

223

(1)

Artwork in Family Sessions

224

(8)

Drawings as Diagnostic and Process Tools

224

(4)

Discussing Conflict through Drawings

228

(3)

An Enhancement to the Practitioner

231

(1)

Drawings in Family Assessment

232

(8)

Revealing Family Dynamics

236

(3)

Roles of the Family Therapist

239

(1)

Psychodynamic Approaches to Family Intakes

240

(2)

Marital Evaluative Drawings

242

(3)

The Family System

245

(7)

Observing Coalitions

245

(1)

Strategic Metaphors

246

Intervening through Family Coalitions

245

(6)

Inner Resource Drawings

251

(1)

Family Crises

252

(1)

Drawings as Experiential Techniques

253

(4)

Family Flags and Emblems

254

(3)

Summary

257

(2)

Using Drawings in Group Treatment

259

(48)

Interpersonal Aspects of Groups

259

(2)

Therapeutic Goals of Groups

261

(2)

The Primary Role of Group Leaders

263

(1)

Making Plans for Therapeutic Groups

263

(2)

Stages of Group Process

265

(3)

Initial Stages

265

(1)

Controlling Defensiveness

266

(1)

The Essential Work

267

(1)

Defining the Success of the Group Experience

267

(1)

Drawings within the Group Context

268

(6)

Adding Creative Methods to Group Process

273

(1)

Duties of Group Leaders

273

(1)

Enhancing the Group through Art Directives

274

(10)

Introduction of Group Members and Clarification of Goals

275

(1)

Sharing with Other Group Members

275

(6)

Revelation of Group Roles through Drawings

281

(2)

Reviewing Drawings and Termination

283

(1)

Specific Directives for Varying Age Groups

284

(13)

Young Group Members

285

(2)

Latency Age and Preteen Groups

287

(3)

The Teen Years

290

(2)

Groups with Older Adults

292

(5)

Groups with Specific Focus

297

(7)

Incident Drawings with Focus on Substance Abuse

298

(1)

Children's Drawings in Grief and Loss Groups

299

(4)

Using Drawings with ADHD Populations

303

(1)

Conclusions

304

(3)

References

307

(8)

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Using Drawings in Assessment and Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

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