A Practitioner Survey of Interactive Drawing Therapy as Used in New Zealand.

Abstract

This study comprises an anonymous survey of 235 practitioners of Interactive Drawing Therapy (IDT) in New Zealand. Most respondents had only completed the Foundation Course, and reported practising IDT with reasonable confidence and success in a limited proportion of their work. IDT was considered useful across a range of clients (especially children and adolescents) and presenting problems, in getting to core issues and empowering clients to establish goals for change -- particularly when used by practitioners skilled in its use and able to manage client resistance. IDT was seen as compatible with a wide range of other modalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)