History Art Therapy Exam with
Complete Solutions
Roots/ Influences of Art Therapy - ANSWER-Modern Art, Prinzhorn Collection, Freud,
Jung
Modern Art - ANSWER-Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Experssionism.
---Focus on inner world (thoughts, feelings) rather than outerworld
Prinzhorn Collection - ANSWER-Hanz Prinzhorn collected over 5000 pieces of artwork
and published in a book, titled: Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922, republished 1972)
--"Expresssion is a need of the human spirit rather than a tool for revealing pathology"
Freud - ANSWER-art therapy borrowed Freud's conceptualization of the mind (id, ego,
superego), the unconscious, projection
Jung - ANSWER-"Man and His Symbols", archetypes (the "shadow", etc), the collective
unconscious, Mandela....Jungian art therapist would say, "We don't talk about the image
as much as we learn from it" Focus on reacting to the image/art---Silent reflections,
audible reflections, written reflections, react with art"
Art In Therapy - ANSWER-Naumberg
focus on art product - ANSWER-Art In Therapy (Naumberg)
emphasizes talking about art - ANSWER-Art In Therapy (Naumberg)
adopts techniques modified from psychoanalysis - ANSWER-Art In Therapy
(Naumberg)
art is a tool to promote verbal exchange; interpretations and associations of art were
often a focus (both for client and therapist) - ANSWER-Art In Therapy (Naumberg)
Myra Levick - ANSWER-first AATA President
Myra Levick - ANSWER-developed the LECATA assessment
Elinor Ulman - ANSWER-published "Bulletin of Art Therapy", professions first journal
Adrian Hill - ANSWER-(Art vs. Illness) England
, Hanna Y. Kwaitkowska - ANSWER-Developed first family art therapy assessment,
family art therapy pioneer
Hanna Y. Kwaitkowska - ANSWER-Influenced Helen Landgarten and Harriet Wadeson
Judy Rubin - ANSWER-The "art lady" on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on PBS
Judy Rubin - ANSWER-Advocated that "Art in therapy vs. art as therapy" was a false
dichotemy
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER-"The Gestalt Art Experience"
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER-Developed in Haight Ashbury in SF in the 1960s.
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER-Influenced by Fritz Pearls and Gestalt Psychology.
Lucille Venture - ANSWER-pioneering African American Art Therapist
Lucille Venture - ANSWER-Earned what is believed to be the first PhD in art therapy.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-Went back to school for AT after having children. Black
Belt.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-One of the first art therapist to advocate that we could
work as a primary clinician.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-Discouraged art therapists to identify with one theory of
counseling or art therapy.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-Encouraged an "integrated approach"
Robert "Bob" Ault - ANSWER-Peacemaker, concensus builder in the formation of
AATA.
Robert "Bob" Ault - ANSWER-Interviewed "Grandma Layton "in the film we saw in class
who used contour drawing to cope with major depression
Cliff Joseph - ANSWER-author of "Art in the Third World" and "Murals of the Mind"
Cliff Joseph - ANSWER-Shined light on racism within AATA
Helen Landgarten - ANSWER-Family Art Therapy pioneer in Los Angeles
Helen Landgarten - ANSWER-Coined the term "Clinical Art Therapy"
Complete Solutions
Roots/ Influences of Art Therapy - ANSWER-Modern Art, Prinzhorn Collection, Freud,
Jung
Modern Art - ANSWER-Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Experssionism.
---Focus on inner world (thoughts, feelings) rather than outerworld
Prinzhorn Collection - ANSWER-Hanz Prinzhorn collected over 5000 pieces of artwork
and published in a book, titled: Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922, republished 1972)
--"Expresssion is a need of the human spirit rather than a tool for revealing pathology"
Freud - ANSWER-art therapy borrowed Freud's conceptualization of the mind (id, ego,
superego), the unconscious, projection
Jung - ANSWER-"Man and His Symbols", archetypes (the "shadow", etc), the collective
unconscious, Mandela....Jungian art therapist would say, "We don't talk about the image
as much as we learn from it" Focus on reacting to the image/art---Silent reflections,
audible reflections, written reflections, react with art"
Art In Therapy - ANSWER-Naumberg
focus on art product - ANSWER-Art In Therapy (Naumberg)
emphasizes talking about art - ANSWER-Art In Therapy (Naumberg)
adopts techniques modified from psychoanalysis - ANSWER-Art In Therapy
(Naumberg)
art is a tool to promote verbal exchange; interpretations and associations of art were
often a focus (both for client and therapist) - ANSWER-Art In Therapy (Naumberg)
Myra Levick - ANSWER-first AATA President
Myra Levick - ANSWER-developed the LECATA assessment
Elinor Ulman - ANSWER-published "Bulletin of Art Therapy", professions first journal
Adrian Hill - ANSWER-(Art vs. Illness) England
, Hanna Y. Kwaitkowska - ANSWER-Developed first family art therapy assessment,
family art therapy pioneer
Hanna Y. Kwaitkowska - ANSWER-Influenced Helen Landgarten and Harriet Wadeson
Judy Rubin - ANSWER-The "art lady" on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on PBS
Judy Rubin - ANSWER-Advocated that "Art in therapy vs. art as therapy" was a false
dichotemy
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER-"The Gestalt Art Experience"
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER-Developed in Haight Ashbury in SF in the 1960s.
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER-Influenced by Fritz Pearls and Gestalt Psychology.
Lucille Venture - ANSWER-pioneering African American Art Therapist
Lucille Venture - ANSWER-Earned what is believed to be the first PhD in art therapy.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-Went back to school for AT after having children. Black
Belt.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-One of the first art therapist to advocate that we could
work as a primary clinician.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-Discouraged art therapists to identify with one theory of
counseling or art therapy.
Harriet Wadeson - ANSWER-Encouraged an "integrated approach"
Robert "Bob" Ault - ANSWER-Peacemaker, concensus builder in the formation of
AATA.
Robert "Bob" Ault - ANSWER-Interviewed "Grandma Layton "in the film we saw in class
who used contour drawing to cope with major depression
Cliff Joseph - ANSWER-author of "Art in the Third World" and "Murals of the Mind"
Cliff Joseph - ANSWER-Shined light on racism within AATA
Helen Landgarten - ANSWER-Family Art Therapy pioneer in Los Angeles
Helen Landgarten - ANSWER-Coined the term "Clinical Art Therapy"
