Art Therapy BC Final Exam Questions
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2026 Updated.
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)
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)
, 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
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)
and Already Passed Answers 2025-
2026 Updated.
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)
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)
, 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
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)
