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Art Therapy BC exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Harm Reduction Answer: rejects all or nothing of AA, meets clients at current
stage of recovery, non-judgmental, reduce risk of harm without rejecting client
who is currently using
Edith Kramer Answer: Art as therapy, healing quality is inherent in creative
process,
goal of therapist to establish possibility of sublimation (person)
Florence cane Answer: Naumberg's sister, art educator
Margaret Naumberg Answer: Art psychotherapy, dynamically oriented art
therapy, influenced by Jung and Frued (person)
Elinor Ulman Answer: Founder of American Journal of Art Therapy, developed AT
assessment (UPAP)
Edward Adamson Answer: Studio approach- little interference or analysis, book-
Art as Healing (person)
Psychoanalytic Approach Answer: theoretical approach: Frued, Ernst Kris, Heinz
Kohut, defense mechanisms, transference/countertransference
Ernst Kris Answer: Regression in the service of the ego, Book- Psychoanalytic
Explorations in Art (person)
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Heinz Kohut Answer: Self psychology, empathetic response from therapist heals
clients self, transmuting internalizations and forming a cohesive self (person)
Self psychology Answer: Views art as a way to relieve pain and tension and build
ego strength (theoretical approach)
Object relations Answer: Mental representations of self and other. Infant's
intrapsychic experience, the structure of its inner world. Also pre-Oedipal
Object relations people Answer: DW Winnicott, Margaret Mahler, Melanie Klein
Winnicott Answer: Pioneersed school of object relations. Transitional space,
transitional object, holding environment, projective scribble (person)
Mahler Answer: Theory of developmental stages of human attachment: normal
autism, normal symbiosis, hatching, rapproachment,
separation/individuation(object constancy) (person)
Klein Answer: Fantasy life of infant- projection and interjection, splitting as a
defense (good mother vs bad mother). Idea then associated with borderline
(person)
Psychoanalytic art therapists Answer: Rubin, Robbins, Schaverisn, Linesch, Levick
Judith Rubin Answer: Child art therapy, open art assessment, framework for
freedom (balance between structure and looseness) (person)
Arthur Robbins Answer: (person) Psycho aesthetics- art = psychological make up
of a person
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Myra Levick Answer: Art assessment= LECATA, defense mechanisms are used to
measure emotional development of child (person)
Jungian Approach Answer: Archetypal symbols- collective unconscious, active
imagination, mandala for healing and self-actualization (theoretical approach)
Humanistic Approach Answer: Entire person must be considered in treatment.
Basic goal- self-realization and fulfillment. Insists on freedom and responsibility
of individual. (theoretical approach)
Fritz Perls Answer: Gestalt Therapy - focus on here and now. Worked with
dreams. Role play and empty chair techniques. (person)
Eric Berne Answer: Transactional analysis, three ego states: parent, adult, child
(person)
Carl rogers Answer: Client centered approach, empathetic understanding of
clients ideas, positive regard (person)
Abraham Maslow Answer: Hierarchy of needs, needs must be met before self
actualization. (person)
Hierarchy of needs Answer: 1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Belonging and love
4. Esteem
5. Knowing and understanding
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Art Therapy BC exam Questions with Correct Answers
| Updated (100% Correct Answers)
Harm Reduction Answer: rejects all or nothing of AA, meets clients at current
stage of recovery, non-judgmental, reduce risk of harm without rejecting client
who is currently using
Edith Kramer Answer: Art as therapy, healing quality is inherent in creative
process,
goal of therapist to establish possibility of sublimation (person)
Florence cane Answer: Naumberg's sister, art educator
Margaret Naumberg Answer: Art psychotherapy, dynamically oriented art
therapy, influenced by Jung and Frued (person)
Elinor Ulman Answer: Founder of American Journal of Art Therapy, developed AT
assessment (UPAP)
Edward Adamson Answer: Studio approach- little interference or analysis, book-
Art as Healing (person)
Psychoanalytic Approach Answer: theoretical approach: Frued, Ernst Kris, Heinz
Kohut, defense mechanisms, transference/countertransference
Ernst Kris Answer: Regression in the service of the ego, Book- Psychoanalytic
Explorations in Art (person)
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Heinz Kohut Answer: Self psychology, empathetic response from therapist heals
clients self, transmuting internalizations and forming a cohesive self (person)
Self psychology Answer: Views art as a way to relieve pain and tension and build
ego strength (theoretical approach)
Object relations Answer: Mental representations of self and other. Infant's
intrapsychic experience, the structure of its inner world. Also pre-Oedipal
Object relations people Answer: DW Winnicott, Margaret Mahler, Melanie Klein
Winnicott Answer: Pioneersed school of object relations. Transitional space,
transitional object, holding environment, projective scribble (person)
Mahler Answer: Theory of developmental stages of human attachment: normal
autism, normal symbiosis, hatching, rapproachment,
separation/individuation(object constancy) (person)
Klein Answer: Fantasy life of infant- projection and interjection, splitting as a
defense (good mother vs bad mother). Idea then associated with borderline
(person)
Psychoanalytic art therapists Answer: Rubin, Robbins, Schaverisn, Linesch, Levick
Judith Rubin Answer: Child art therapy, open art assessment, framework for
freedom (balance between structure and looseness) (person)
Arthur Robbins Answer: (person) Psycho aesthetics- art = psychological make up
of a person
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Myra Levick Answer: Art assessment= LECATA, defense mechanisms are used to
measure emotional development of child (person)
Jungian Approach Answer: Archetypal symbols- collective unconscious, active
imagination, mandala for healing and self-actualization (theoretical approach)
Humanistic Approach Answer: Entire person must be considered in treatment.
Basic goal- self-realization and fulfillment. Insists on freedom and responsibility
of individual. (theoretical approach)
Fritz Perls Answer: Gestalt Therapy - focus on here and now. Worked with
dreams. Role play and empty chair techniques. (person)
Eric Berne Answer: Transactional analysis, three ego states: parent, adult, child
(person)
Carl rogers Answer: Client centered approach, empathetic understanding of
clients ideas, positive regard (person)
Abraham Maslow Answer: Hierarchy of needs, needs must be met before self
actualization. (person)
Hierarchy of needs Answer: 1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Belonging and love
4. Esteem
5. Knowing and understanding
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