January 6, 2010 CDT, HTP, TAT

This week we went over three different art therapy assessments, each very interesting!
The first assessment is the House Tree Person. This assessment, as all mentioned after (unless otherwise stated) are projective personality tests. This assessment measures aspects of a persons personality, but it can also assess brain damage and neurological functioning!
The next one we talked about was the CDT, which is the Clock Drawing test was also very interesting-and one I had previously heard of at an Art Therapy conference. This one, too can assess brain damage and the like.
The last assessment is the TAT, or Thematic Apperception Test. This assessment uses a series of pictures in which the person being tested is asked questions about.

There was no reading for this week.