Kinetic House-Tree-Person Drawings: K-H-T-P: An Interpretative Manual

by Robert C. Burns

This book contains the first documentation of combining house, tree, and person into a single drawing. It helps enrich clinician’s test batteries and aids psychologists and physicians in understanding the emotions and self-awareness of their clients. It is richly illustrated and teaches the important skill of using visual metaphors in clinical settings to understand and assist clients. The author covers all aspects of drawing interpretation, including size, placement, stroke or line characteristics, and the possible individual characteristics of each element within the house, tree, and person drawings.

230 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1987

Reviews

[Fishface · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book absolutely defeated me. Apparently it's a very advanced level of understanding the technique, but here I thought it would be a basic how-to. Will have to start over from scratch with remedial HTP work. Not that it wasn't fascinating and informative, but I felt as if I were coming in at Chapter 12...