1st Edition

Kinetic House-Tree-Person Drawings K-H-T-P: An Interpretative Manual

By Robert C. Burns Copyright 1987
    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book contains the first documentation of combining house, tree, and person into a single drawing. It helps enrich clinician’s test batteries and aids psychologists and physicians in understanding the emotions and self-awareness of their clients. It is richly illustrated and teaches the important skill of using visual metaphors in clinical settings to understand and assist clients. The author covers all aspects of drawing interpretation, including size, placement, stroke or line characteristics, and the possible individual characteristics of each element within the house, tree, and person drawings.

    Foreword by Louise Bates Ames, Preface, 1. THE HOUSE-TREE-PERSON (H- T-P) AND THE KINETICHOUSE- TREE-PERSON (K-H-T-P) DRAWINGS: VISUAL METAPHORS AND CLINICAL USAGE, 2. A DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL FOR INTERPRETING THE KINETIC-HOUSE-TREE-PERSON DRAWING, 3. ATTACHMENTS, DISTANCES, ORDER AND SIZES OF FIGURES IN KINETIC-HOUSE-TREE-PERSON DRAWINGS, 4. ACTIONS IN KINETIC-HOUSE-TREE-PERSON DRAWINGS, 5550 STYLES IN KINETIC-HOUSE-TREE-PERSON DRAWINGS, 6 SYMBOLS IN KINETIC-HOUSE-TREE-PERSON DRAWINGS, 7 0 CLINICAL USAGE OF KINETIC-HOUSE-TREE-PERSON DRAWINGS IN INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY THERAPY: CASE STUDIES, 8. CONCLUSION, Appendix: General and Individual Characteristics of the House-Tree-Person, Additional Readings, References, Index

    Biography

    Robert C. Burns