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Using Drawings Assessment and Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Using Drawings Assessment and Therapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Gerald D. Oster

Authors: Gerald D. Oster, Patricia Gould, Patricia Gould Crone, Patricia Gould Crone
ISBN-13: 9781583910375, ISBN-10: 1583910379
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: November 2004
Edition: 2nd Edition

Author Biography: Gerald D. Oster

Book Synopsis

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
Ch. 1	Clinical uses of drawings	1
	Expression through drawings	1
	Alternative problem solving	8
	Historical views of drawing	14
	Development as seen through drawings	17
	Drawings in the assessment process	22
	Symbols of personal meaning in assessment	26
	Psychotherapeutic advantages of drawing	27
	Crisis-oriented interventions	29
	The importance of other art media	35
	Implications of color	36
	Concluding images	38
Ch. 2	Beginning assessment and treatment	41
	Responding to referral questions	41
	Answering referral questions	46
	Drawings in the test battery	49
	Drawings and cognitive development	49
	Using drawings as projective devices	60
	The importance of behavioral observations	65
Ch. 3	Drawings in the diagnostic process	71
	Diagnostic indicators	71
	Goodenough-Harris drawing procedure	73
	Machover's draw-a-person test	75
	Draw-a-person-in-the-rain technique	83
	Mother-and-child drawings	89
	House-tree-person technique	92
	Kinetic-house-tree-person technique	115
	Family drawing procedures	116
	Sexual abuse indicators in drawings	130
Ch. 4	Using drawings during individual psychotherapy	147
	Images of psychotherapy	147
	Increasing spontaneity and self-discovery	152
	Promoting maturity	155
	Documenting progress	160
	Draw-a-story game	164
	Initial stages of psychotherapy	165
	Techniques that assist therapeutic beginnings	174
	How drawings impact therapy sessions	179
	Enhancing the therapeutic relationship	182
	Establishing relationships	184
	Resolving emotional blocks	186
	Working with dreams	187
	Cathartic releases and regression	191
	Portrayals to transference	192
	Resolving conflicts	195
	Therapeutic endings	196
Ch. 5	Drawings in family evaluations	205
	The family organization	205
	The family therapy movement	208
	The therapist as detective	223
	Artwork in family sessions	224
	Drawings in family assessment	232
	Psychodynamic approaches to family intakes	240
	Marital evaluative drawings	242
	The family system	245
	Family crises	252
	Drawings as experiential techniques	253
Ch. 6	Using drawings in group treatment	259
	Interpersonal aspects of groups	259
	Therapeutic goals of groups	261
	The primary role of group leaders	263
	Making plans for therapeutic groups	263
	Stages of group process	265
	Drawings within the group context	268
	Enhancing the group through art directives	274
	Specific directives for varying age groups	284
	Groups with specific focus	297