The Squiggle-Drawing Game in Child Psychotherapy

Lawrence Claman, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 34, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.414

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The squiggle-drawing game is an adaptation of Winnicott’s Squiggle Technique using the story-telling approach of Gardner and Kritzberg. It is a useful technique in obtaining thematic material and communicating through metaphor with latency-age children, who often resist direct questioning about their problems and feelings.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 34 • Number 3 • 1980, pp. 305–460

Pages: 414 - 425

PubMed: 7416320

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Published in print: 1980, pp. 305–460

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Lawrence Claman, M.D.^*

Dallas, Tex.

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Former Director of Dallas Child Guidance Clinic; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas. Mailing address: 3729 Maplewood St., Dallas, Texas 75205.

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The Squiggle-Drawing Game in Child Psychotherapy

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