ART THERAPY EXAM WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE | ALREADY GRADED A+
Margaret Naumberg - ANSWER founding "grandmother" in United States. Liked to say she took
Clients off the couch and put them behind an easel. Encouraged patients to interpret their own
artwork rather than rely on therapist's interpretation.--Saw art as "Symbolic Speech", Published ideas
in "Dynamically Oriented Art Therapy" (1966)
Florence Cane - ANSWER Naumberg's sister. Influenced by Dewey, i.e. "Everyone is creative and has
creative potential" Promoted warm-up activities, drawing with non-dominant hand.
Edith Kramer - ANSWER "The Third Hand", No interpretations of artwork...sublimation is the goal
Myra Levick - ANSWER first AATA President, 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. Influenced Helen Landgarten and Harriet Wadeson.
Judy Rubin - ANSWER The "art lady" on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on PBS. Advocated that "Art in
therapy vs. art as therapy" was a false dichotemy
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER The Gestalt Art Experience" Developed in Haight Ashbury in SF in the 1960s.
Influenced by Fritz Pearls and Gestalt Psychology.
Lucille Venture - ANSWER pioneering African American Art Therapist. 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. One of the
first art therapist to advocate that we could work as a primary clinician. Discouraged art therapists to
identify with one theory of counseling or art therapy. Encouraged an "integrated approach"
, Robert "Bob" Ault - ANSWER Peacemaker, concensus builder in the formation of AATA. 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" Shined light on
racism within AATA
Helen Landgarten - ANSWER Family Art Therapy pioneer in Los Angeles. Coined the term "Clinical Art
Therapy"
Bruce Moon - ANSWER Existential Art Therapy, specializes in working with adolescents
"The only technique in art therapy is the technique of relating to a patient thru art." - ANSWER
Hanna Kwaitkowska
Transference - ANSWER in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked
with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)
Countertransference - ANSWER Circumstances in which a psychoanalyst develops personal feelings
about a client because of perceived similarity of the client to significant people in the therapist's life.
Sublimation - ANSWER Instinctual drives, Urges, and desires, facilitates creative and intellectual
activity
Projection - ANSWER using artwork to tell an important part of ones story withput direct verbal
disclosure.
Jung's collective unconscious - ANSWER Inherited set of ideas, feelings, images, and symbols that are
shared with all humans because of our common ancestral past
Jung's Mandala - ANSWER Jung used drawings balanced around a center point to analyze himself, his
clients, and dreams
Jung encouraged his clients to draw their dreams, Freud did not.
True or False - ANSWER True
SOLUTIONS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE | ALREADY GRADED A+
Margaret Naumberg - ANSWER founding "grandmother" in United States. Liked to say she took
Clients off the couch and put them behind an easel. Encouraged patients to interpret their own
artwork rather than rely on therapist's interpretation.--Saw art as "Symbolic Speech", Published ideas
in "Dynamically Oriented Art Therapy" (1966)
Florence Cane - ANSWER Naumberg's sister. Influenced by Dewey, i.e. "Everyone is creative and has
creative potential" Promoted warm-up activities, drawing with non-dominant hand.
Edith Kramer - ANSWER "The Third Hand", No interpretations of artwork...sublimation is the goal
Myra Levick - ANSWER first AATA President, 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. Influenced Helen Landgarten and Harriet Wadeson.
Judy Rubin - ANSWER The "art lady" on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on PBS. Advocated that "Art in
therapy vs. art as therapy" was a false dichotemy
Janie Rhyne - ANSWER The Gestalt Art Experience" Developed in Haight Ashbury in SF in the 1960s.
Influenced by Fritz Pearls and Gestalt Psychology.
Lucille Venture - ANSWER pioneering African American Art Therapist. 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. One of the
first art therapist to advocate that we could work as a primary clinician. Discouraged art therapists to
identify with one theory of counseling or art therapy. Encouraged an "integrated approach"
, Robert "Bob" Ault - ANSWER Peacemaker, concensus builder in the formation of AATA. 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" Shined light on
racism within AATA
Helen Landgarten - ANSWER Family Art Therapy pioneer in Los Angeles. Coined the term "Clinical Art
Therapy"
Bruce Moon - ANSWER Existential Art Therapy, specializes in working with adolescents
"The only technique in art therapy is the technique of relating to a patient thru art." - ANSWER
Hanna Kwaitkowska
Transference - ANSWER in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked
with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)
Countertransference - ANSWER Circumstances in which a psychoanalyst develops personal feelings
about a client because of perceived similarity of the client to significant people in the therapist's life.
Sublimation - ANSWER Instinctual drives, Urges, and desires, facilitates creative and intellectual
activity
Projection - ANSWER using artwork to tell an important part of ones story withput direct verbal
disclosure.
Jung's collective unconscious - ANSWER Inherited set of ideas, feelings, images, and symbols that are
shared with all humans because of our common ancestral past
Jung's Mandala - ANSWER Jung used drawings balanced around a center point to analyze himself, his
clients, and dreams
Jung encouraged his clients to draw their dreams, Freud did not.
True or False - ANSWER True
