This article (The Conference Article) is basically about a panel of three art therapists who presented three of the most frequently used art therapy assessments for adults at the American art therapy association conference in 1998. The assessment were: UPAP (Ulman1992/1968), DDS (Cohen1988), and the PPAT (Gantt, 1990). The basics of these assessments are:
UPAP-Ulman Personality Assessment Procedure (Add Hamilton doc), Diagnostic Drawing Series, and Person Picking an Apple from a Tree. Four questions were asked of each assessment.
The Upap is a four-drawing series (the examples of mine done in class are given) with the underlying principles of a novel experience, a directed experience, a playful experience, and making a decision.
The DDS is a three-series drawing art interview, meant to help attain a diagnosis in a clinical setting using things such as graphic indicators.
The PPAT is just a one picture assessment, focusing on how people draw to assess personality.
The objectives of this presentation (and this article) at the AATA conference was to appreciate “similarities, differences, and unique qualities” in these three assessments (Cox, Agell, Cohen, Gantt, 2009).
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