ART THERAPY EXAM WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE | ALREADY GRADED A+
House-tree-person - ANSWER House: associated with family ties and conflicts surrounding the home
life semicolon house represents the place where affection and security are sought
Tree: deeper and possibly more long standing, unconscious feelings about the self, one's life roles
and capabilities
Person: A more direct expression of real-life feelings, body image, self concept, both physically and
psychologically
House drawing - ANSWER a typical house should have these essential features: at least one door, one
window, a roof, & a chimney
examples: no door may symbolize difficulty allowing others in, door that's hard to reach without
steps may symbolize interpersonal inaccessibility
FEATS - ANSWER Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale
"Draw a person picking an apple from a tree"
Linda Gantt
Ages: All ages
Materials: 2 kinds of markers (regular and scented)
12 x 18 paper
Purpose: diagnosis
Assessment comes with a rating scale. The categories that are rated are: prominence of color, color
fit, implied energy, space, integration, logic, realism, problem solving, developmental level, details of
objects and environment, line quality, person, rotation, perseveration
Family Art Evaluation - ANSWER K what know ska
Ages: All
Purpose: understanding the family system
Materials: hard-edged crayon and paper
Directive: The family is asked to do a series of tasks. This generally takes 1 to 1 1/2 hours for a family
of 4-5 to complete.
, 1. Free drawing
2. Family portrait
3. Abstract family portrait
4. Individual scribble drawing
5. Joint family scribble
6. Free drawing
Go from less threatening to more complex, crayons so kids can do, boundaries etc.
KFD - ANSWER Kinetic Family Drawing
Burns & Kauffman
Ages: all
Asked to draw everyone in family doing something
Assess perception of self and family; interpersonal relationships
Actions, style, symbols
Size, distance etc.
Kinetic House-Tree-Person - ANSWER Burns
Purpose: Designed to understand human development: Individual transformation process,
reflections of self, and relationship to the environment.
KATE designed to tell a story
Materials: 1 sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper horizontal and pencil, KATE manual for scoring
Directive: Draw a house, tree, person with some kind of action
House: physical aspects of person's life
Tree: life energy
Person: client
Rated according to levels derived from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (5 highest).
Attachments presence or absence, figure other than self present, and additional figures present.
Rawley Silver - ANSWER Stimulus Drawings, Draw a Story
Coping styles, cognitive etc.
Choose 2 or more cards and make a picture and write a story about drawing
SOLUTIONS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE | ALREADY GRADED A+
House-tree-person - ANSWER House: associated with family ties and conflicts surrounding the home
life semicolon house represents the place where affection and security are sought
Tree: deeper and possibly more long standing, unconscious feelings about the self, one's life roles
and capabilities
Person: A more direct expression of real-life feelings, body image, self concept, both physically and
psychologically
House drawing - ANSWER a typical house should have these essential features: at least one door, one
window, a roof, & a chimney
examples: no door may symbolize difficulty allowing others in, door that's hard to reach without
steps may symbolize interpersonal inaccessibility
FEATS - ANSWER Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale
"Draw a person picking an apple from a tree"
Linda Gantt
Ages: All ages
Materials: 2 kinds of markers (regular and scented)
12 x 18 paper
Purpose: diagnosis
Assessment comes with a rating scale. The categories that are rated are: prominence of color, color
fit, implied energy, space, integration, logic, realism, problem solving, developmental level, details of
objects and environment, line quality, person, rotation, perseveration
Family Art Evaluation - ANSWER K what know ska
Ages: All
Purpose: understanding the family system
Materials: hard-edged crayon and paper
Directive: The family is asked to do a series of tasks. This generally takes 1 to 1 1/2 hours for a family
of 4-5 to complete.
, 1. Free drawing
2. Family portrait
3. Abstract family portrait
4. Individual scribble drawing
5. Joint family scribble
6. Free drawing
Go from less threatening to more complex, crayons so kids can do, boundaries etc.
KFD - ANSWER Kinetic Family Drawing
Burns & Kauffman
Ages: all
Asked to draw everyone in family doing something
Assess perception of self and family; interpersonal relationships
Actions, style, symbols
Size, distance etc.
Kinetic House-Tree-Person - ANSWER Burns
Purpose: Designed to understand human development: Individual transformation process,
reflections of self, and relationship to the environment.
KATE designed to tell a story
Materials: 1 sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper horizontal and pencil, KATE manual for scoring
Directive: Draw a house, tree, person with some kind of action
House: physical aspects of person's life
Tree: life energy
Person: client
Rated according to levels derived from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (5 highest).
Attachments presence or absence, figure other than self present, and additional figures present.
Rawley Silver - ANSWER Stimulus Drawings, Draw a Story
Coping styles, cognitive etc.
Choose 2 or more cards and make a picture and write a story about drawing
