Understanding Children's DrawingsA Bestseller! Includes Over 100 Examples of Children's Drawings This practical resource demonstrates how all clinicians can broaden and enhance their work with children by integrating drawing into therapy. The book enables therapists to address the multidimensional aspects of children's art without resorting to simplistic explanations. Approaching drawing as a springboard for communication and change, Malchiodi offers a wealth of guidelines for understanding the intricate messages embedded in children's drawings and in the art-making process itself. Topics covered include how to assist children in making art, what questions to ask and when, and how to motivate children who are initially resistant to drawing. Assimilating extensive research and clinical experience, the book includes over 100 examples of children's work. |
Contents
A Historical Perspective on Childrens Drawings | 1 |
Drawings as Measures of Intelligence and Personality | 2 |
Multidimensional Approaches to Understanding Childrens Drawings | 10 |
Conclusion | 17 |
Childrens Drawings in Context | 19 |
What Motivates Children to Draw? | 20 |
Drawing as a Process | 25 |
The Importance of Materials | 27 |
Dissociative Disorders | 149 |
Catastrophic Events | 152 |
Resilience and Trauma | 155 |
Conclusion | 160 |
Interpersonal Aspects of Childrens Drawings | 161 |
Childrens Drawings of Their Families | 162 |
Drawings of Family Members | 168 |
House Drawings and Interpersonal Perspectives | 173 |
The Influence of Environment | 29 |
Childrens Drawing and the Therapeutic Relationship | 31 |
A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding Childrens Drawings | 35 |
Conclusion | 39 |
Working with Children and Their Drawings | 41 |
Drawings as Narratives | 43 |
Personal Beliefs about Childrens Drawings and Their Use in Therapy | 45 |
The Role of the Therapist in the Drawing Process | 46 |
Is Talking Necessary? | 48 |
Making Sense of the Drawing and the Drawing Process | 53 |
Resistance to Drawing | 57 |
Responding to Sexual or Violent Content in Childrens Drawings | 59 |
Conclusion | 63 |
Developmental Aspects of Childrens Drawings | 64 |
Developmental Levels in Childrens Art | 65 |
The Importance of Developmental Aspects of Childrens Drawings | 98 |
Drawings as Measures of Creative and Cognitive Capacities | 100 |
Unusual Drawing Abilities | 104 |
Conclusion | 106 |
Emotional Content of Childrens Drawings | 109 |
The Complexities of Emotional Content in Childrens Drawings | 111 |
Childhood Depression | 118 |
Projective Drawing Tests ArtBased Assessments and Depression | 120 |
The Importance of Themes and Narratives in Assessing Depression | 123 |
Trauma | 132 |
Child Abuse and Exposure to Family or Societal Violence | 137 |
Sexual Abuse | 142 |
Interpersonal Relationship with the Therapist | 181 |
Gender and Childrens Drawings | 184 |
Conclusion | 191 |
Somatic and Spiritual Aspects of Childrens Drawings | 193 |
Somatic Conditions Expressed in Childrens Drawings | 194 |
Color and Somatic Conditions | 198 |
Childrens Beliefs about Illness and Their Drawings | 201 |
Special Considerations in Working with Children Who Have Physical Illness or Impairments | 205 |
Spiritual Aspects of Childrens Drawings | 207 |
Childrens Expressions of Terminal Illness Death and Dying | 209 |
Concrete Expressions of Spirituality and Religion | 215 |
Conclusion | 218 |
Ethical Considerations and Childrens Drawings | 219 |
Confidentiality and Display of Childrens Drawings | 220 |
Ownership | 225 |
Safety | 227 |
Storage of Art Expressions | 229 |
Ethical Issues and the Use of Projective Drawings Procedures with Children | 230 |
Legal Implications for Childrens Drawings Made During Therapy | 232 |
Conclusion | 234 |
Materials and Resources | 235 |
Drawing Tools | 236 |
Resources | 237 |
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