ART THERAPY BC EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
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
6. Aesthetic
7. Self-actualization
Humanistic art therapy people - Answer-Janie Rhyne, Bruce Moon, Mala Betensky,
Shaun McNiff, Pat Allen,
Janie Rhyne - Answer-Gestalt art therapy, here and now, genuine contact wth client,
client responsible for finding meaning in art, encouraged enacting art through
movement, voice, drama (person)
Bruce moon - Answer-Existential art therapy
Mala Betensky - Answer-Phenomenological art therapy, experiencing as is, distancing,
intentional looking, "what do you see" (person)
Shaun McNiff - Answer-Book- art as medicine, humanistic and jungian, dialoguing with
artwork, art therapist as Shaman (person)
, Pat Allen - Answer-Studio approach, author- art is a way of knowing, jungian and
humanistic (person)
Behavioral therapy - Answer-Symptoms = negative behaviors that are
learned/reinforced by environment
Cognitive therapy - Answer-Identify and change beliefs which lead to negative
symptoms
Pavlov - Answer-Classical conditioning, stimulus response (person)
B.F. Skinner - Answer-Behavior modification, positive reinforcement, punishment,
shaping, and modeling. Token economy. Goal=extinction (person)
Rawley silver - Answer-Used art to identify, evaluate, and develops cognitive skills
(person)
Family therapy people - Answer-Gregory Bateson, Nathan Ackerman, Murray Bowen,
Carl Whitaker, Salvador Minuchin,
Virginia Satir, jay Haley, Maria Palazzoli, Monica McGoldrick, Michael White, Harville
Hendrix
Family Art Therapy - Answer-Hanna Kwiatkowska, Helen Landgarten, Debra Linesch
Helen Landgarten - Answer-Author- Family Art Psychotherapy, family evaluation
utilizing art directives (how they do it not the content per se)
Brief therapy - Answer-Working alliance established quickly, early assessment and
specific treatment goals, use of homework between sessions
DBT - Marcia Linahan - Answer-Identifying and regulating emotions, Decreasing self
harm and SI, decreasing behaviors that interfere with therapy
Trauma informed art therapy - Answer-Judith Herman, Bessel Van der Kolk
Theories of Creativity - Psychoanalytic perspective - Answer-creativity results from
sublimation of the libido (i.e. channeling sexual energy into social acceptable behavior)
(secondary phenomenon)
Kubie & Kris, theory of creativity - Answer-psychoanalytic, regression in the service of
the ego
Adler, theory of creativity - Answer-psychoanalytic, stems from man's need to achieve
superiority, to overcome basic feelings of inferiority
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
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
6. Aesthetic
7. Self-actualization
Humanistic art therapy people - Answer-Janie Rhyne, Bruce Moon, Mala Betensky,
Shaun McNiff, Pat Allen,
Janie Rhyne - Answer-Gestalt art therapy, here and now, genuine contact wth client,
client responsible for finding meaning in art, encouraged enacting art through
movement, voice, drama (person)
Bruce moon - Answer-Existential art therapy
Mala Betensky - Answer-Phenomenological art therapy, experiencing as is, distancing,
intentional looking, "what do you see" (person)
Shaun McNiff - Answer-Book- art as medicine, humanistic and jungian, dialoguing with
artwork, art therapist as Shaman (person)
, Pat Allen - Answer-Studio approach, author- art is a way of knowing, jungian and
humanistic (person)
Behavioral therapy - Answer-Symptoms = negative behaviors that are
learned/reinforced by environment
Cognitive therapy - Answer-Identify and change beliefs which lead to negative
symptoms
Pavlov - Answer-Classical conditioning, stimulus response (person)
B.F. Skinner - Answer-Behavior modification, positive reinforcement, punishment,
shaping, and modeling. Token economy. Goal=extinction (person)
Rawley silver - Answer-Used art to identify, evaluate, and develops cognitive skills
(person)
Family therapy people - Answer-Gregory Bateson, Nathan Ackerman, Murray Bowen,
Carl Whitaker, Salvador Minuchin,
Virginia Satir, jay Haley, Maria Palazzoli, Monica McGoldrick, Michael White, Harville
Hendrix
Family Art Therapy - Answer-Hanna Kwiatkowska, Helen Landgarten, Debra Linesch
Helen Landgarten - Answer-Author- Family Art Psychotherapy, family evaluation
utilizing art directives (how they do it not the content per se)
Brief therapy - Answer-Working alliance established quickly, early assessment and
specific treatment goals, use of homework between sessions
DBT - Marcia Linahan - Answer-Identifying and regulating emotions, Decreasing self
harm and SI, decreasing behaviors that interfere with therapy
Trauma informed art therapy - Answer-Judith Herman, Bessel Van der Kolk
Theories of Creativity - Psychoanalytic perspective - Answer-creativity results from
sublimation of the libido (i.e. channeling sexual energy into social acceptable behavior)
(secondary phenomenon)
Kubie & Kris, theory of creativity - Answer-psychoanalytic, regression in the service of
the ego
Adler, theory of creativity - Answer-psychoanalytic, stems from man's need to achieve
superiority, to overcome basic feelings of inferiority
