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[Comparative drawing analysis in the process of integrative play diagnostics and therapy].

I deal with children struggling with emotional and behavioral disorders, applying my own method, the Integrative Play Diagnostics and Play Therapy (IJDP - English: IPDT) while also cooperating with parents. During my Play Therapy work, I have worked with a mother who turned to me because of her child's behavioral problems. In the examination phase of our session, I have asked both mother and child to draw several pictures. From these drawings, I analyzed the human figure, mother-child, and bird nest themes, with a focus on behavior in order to understand their motives and dynamics of the spiritual processes, and to be able to plan the therapy and organize consultations with the parents. I analyzed the drawings using the Zoltan Vass method, called Seven-Step Configuration Analysis Method (SSCA) The complex pattern analysis discovered and revealed the coherence among each of the different fields and their essence. This in turn helped to understand the behavior of the subjects, and the main pathological elements of their relationship. The mother's drawings showed her as being reserved and passive, demonstrating a joyless behavior, also moderation, remorse, and unavailability. Meanwhile, the child's drawings showed expansion, impatience and heightened dynamics. Moreover, in the case of the child, the analysis also found hidden anxiety, stress and depression behind the aggressive, destructive facade of his behavior. His drawings also offer meaningful insights into his struggles. The analysis provides a good base for therapy. My case study thoroughly examines the steps and patterns that enabled the exploration of complex patterns of interdependencies.

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