Drawn Stories Technique: Method and Concluding TherapeuticTurn

Abstract

The developmental age is often characterized by problems of somatization of psychological problems and conflicts: Anorexia, enuresis, encopresis and persistent constipation. The Drawn-Story (DS) technique presented in this article was developed to enhance and support the narrative-dialogic relationship in the psychodiagnostic and psychotherapeutic context – initially primarily for work with children of developmental age, but later also for other patient groups. It is a projective drawing technique that was developed by Giancarlo Trombini in the 1970s based on his training in Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis at the University of Bologna and has since been further developed by him, Elena Trombini and their colleagues and also used in other fields of application.

Keywords

• psychotherapy process theory
• child therapy
• drawing therapy techniques
• psychoanalysis and gestalt psychology
• gestalt theoretical psychotherapy