Art Therapy

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Art Therapy

• Susan B. Paez
• Kent State University

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Art

• For Children
• Relaxing fun
• Creative unique
• Spontaneous
• Outlet for expression

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Art

• For counselor
• Way to relate to child
• Establish rapport
• Glimpse of child

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Developmental Stages of Art Expression

• Scribbling stage
• Picture Stage
• Human Figure Stage

• Realistic Representation Stage
• Naturalistic Stage

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Art materials

• Pencils (Plain vs. Colored)
• Chalk (Plain vs. Colored)
• Crayons
• Paints
• Water Colors
• Finger Paints
• Clumpy Paints
• Computer Software

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Types of Projective Drawings

• Draw - a Person
• House - Tree - Person
• Kinetic Family Drawing

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Projective Drawings

• Psychoanalytic theory
• Feels important aspects of personality are not
  available to conscious self reporting
• Themes, dynamics, attitudes
• Expressive techniques suggest aspects of a person

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Draw-a-Person

• Technique to explore personality self concept
• Simple unstructured
• Non-threatening
• Used to begin discussion /or assess progress in
  counseling

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Examples of D-A-P
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HouseTree-Person

• Explore interpersonal dimensions of child
• Childs view of self in relation to environment
  other people
• These three drawings were chosen because
• they are familiar to very young children
• acceptability by persons of all ages
• ability to stimulate a greater fund of
  associations in comparison to other objects

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Kinetic Family Drawing

• Family dynamics, interpersonal interactions,
  emotional relationship
• Childs view of place in family
• Communicate with child about problems issues in
  family

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Common Symbols of Children

• Apples
• Birds
• Cats
• Clouds
• Dogs
• Fire
• Fish
• Horses

• House
• Moon
• Mountains
• People
• Ocean/Water
• Rain
• Sun
• Tree

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Cat
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Fire
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Water
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Rain
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Tree
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Facilitation Discussion of Interpretation

• Always praise!
• Do not guess what things are!
• Counselor This makes me feel
• Drawing Add-ons by client or counselor

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Spontaneous Drawing Examples - Normal
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Sexually Abused
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Sexually Abused
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Sexually Abused - Tree
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Questions
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Barometer
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Squiggly Line

• Procedure
• Therapist and child make a squiggly line that the
  other has to complete into a picture and then
  tell a story

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Boys ritualistic behavior
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Rosebush Drawing

• Procedure
• Relaxation and Imagery
• Drawing
• Post drawing Inquiry

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Coping Child
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Sexually Abused
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Sexually Abused
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Sexually Abused
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Anally Raped
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Physically Abused
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Emotionally Neglected