ATCBE-Preparation-Guide - Practice
Test Answers well answered to pass
Winnicott - correct answer ✔✔In creating a "holding environment" and a "good-enough
mothering experience," an art therapist closely follows the principles of which of the following
theorists?
Dawning realism - correct answer ✔✔An art therapist is working with a group of eight- to ten-
year-olds. She notices that the drawings feature scenes depicting action, figures interacting, and
detailed environments. According to Victor Lowenfeld, this represents which stage of artistic
development?
Industry - correct answer ✔✔During group art therapy sessions, a child has displayed increased
interest in learningnew art techniques and exhibits more satisfaction in peer relationships than
in solitaryactivities. Which Eriksonian stage of psychosocial development is most applicable to
this client?
Archetype - correct answer ✔✔A Jungian art therapist working with clients who have
dissociative experiences notesthat the artwork of many of her clients includes representations
of aspects of the selfthat are identified as wise or nurturing. This would be best described as an
example of which ofthe following?
alter thought patterns that lead to self-destructive behavior. - correct answer ✔✔Cognitive
Behavioral therapy strives to
Introjection - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is the defense mechanism most
frequently used by clients withdepression?
, Physiological, safety, belonging and love, self-esteem, self-actualization - correct answer
✔✔According to Maslow, which of the following represents the order of a person's needs?
Obtain a signed release from the client to contact the psychiatrist. - correct answer ✔✔An art
therapist meeting with a client for her initial interview. The client was recently hospitalized for a
suicide attempt and is working with a psychiatrist for medication management. The art therapist
wants to communicate with the psychiatrist. What should the art therapist do?
A second structured art assessment. - correct answer ✔✔A 20-year-old male is referred to an
art therapist for a provisional diagnosis. Aftermaking a scribble drawing, he shares that "I see
bats feeding in the tropical trees."In order to complete the provisional diagnosis, which of the
following actions should the art therapist initiate next?
Reporting of abuse - correct answer ✔✔A family is completing an initial art therapy session. The
art therapist has obtainedreleases to speak to the referring therapist. The art therapist also has
explained to thefamily the fee structure, the duration of therapy, payment requirements, her
theoretical approach, and the retention of records. What additional element is mandatory for
thetherapist to explain to the family?
measurable and observable. - correct answer ✔✔When writing objectives in a client's
treatment plan,
emphasizing the creative process - correct answer ✔✔When an art therapist may see a client
for only one session, which of the followingconcepts would be most effective?
An initial interview and a standardized art therapy assessment - correct answer ✔✔An art
therapist has been asked to evaluate an adult client in a day treatment center todetermine
whether he would benefit from art therapy after his discharge. What wouldbe the best source
of information to help the art therapist make her recommendation?
Explore how he perceives himself and his current situation. - correct answer ✔✔A middle-aged
male, confined to a wheelchair since a car accident, has been persuadedby his wife to see an art
Test Answers well answered to pass
Winnicott - correct answer ✔✔In creating a "holding environment" and a "good-enough
mothering experience," an art therapist closely follows the principles of which of the following
theorists?
Dawning realism - correct answer ✔✔An art therapist is working with a group of eight- to ten-
year-olds. She notices that the drawings feature scenes depicting action, figures interacting, and
detailed environments. According to Victor Lowenfeld, this represents which stage of artistic
development?
Industry - correct answer ✔✔During group art therapy sessions, a child has displayed increased
interest in learningnew art techniques and exhibits more satisfaction in peer relationships than
in solitaryactivities. Which Eriksonian stage of psychosocial development is most applicable to
this client?
Archetype - correct answer ✔✔A Jungian art therapist working with clients who have
dissociative experiences notesthat the artwork of many of her clients includes representations
of aspects of the selfthat are identified as wise or nurturing. This would be best described as an
example of which ofthe following?
alter thought patterns that lead to self-destructive behavior. - correct answer ✔✔Cognitive
Behavioral therapy strives to
Introjection - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is the defense mechanism most
frequently used by clients withdepression?
, Physiological, safety, belonging and love, self-esteem, self-actualization - correct answer
✔✔According to Maslow, which of the following represents the order of a person's needs?
Obtain a signed release from the client to contact the psychiatrist. - correct answer ✔✔An art
therapist meeting with a client for her initial interview. The client was recently hospitalized for a
suicide attempt and is working with a psychiatrist for medication management. The art therapist
wants to communicate with the psychiatrist. What should the art therapist do?
A second structured art assessment. - correct answer ✔✔A 20-year-old male is referred to an
art therapist for a provisional diagnosis. Aftermaking a scribble drawing, he shares that "I see
bats feeding in the tropical trees."In order to complete the provisional diagnosis, which of the
following actions should the art therapist initiate next?
Reporting of abuse - correct answer ✔✔A family is completing an initial art therapy session. The
art therapist has obtainedreleases to speak to the referring therapist. The art therapist also has
explained to thefamily the fee structure, the duration of therapy, payment requirements, her
theoretical approach, and the retention of records. What additional element is mandatory for
thetherapist to explain to the family?
measurable and observable. - correct answer ✔✔When writing objectives in a client's
treatment plan,
emphasizing the creative process - correct answer ✔✔When an art therapist may see a client
for only one session, which of the followingconcepts would be most effective?
An initial interview and a standardized art therapy assessment - correct answer ✔✔An art
therapist has been asked to evaluate an adult client in a day treatment center todetermine
whether he would benefit from art therapy after his discharge. What wouldbe the best source
of information to help the art therapist make her recommendation?
Explore how he perceives himself and his current situation. - correct answer ✔✔A middle-aged
male, confined to a wheelchair since a car accident, has been persuadedby his wife to see an art
