Learning from a child's drawing of a house about his inner world

In this lesson you will acquire a wide range of tools and methods for analyzing house drawings and understanding their profound symbolism in children's lives.

Home is the most important place in every child's life – this is where he spends a substantial part of his day. The home environment affects the child significantly: the relations with his parents and siblings who form his primary peer group, and social experiences such as inviting friends and sleeping over.

For many years, house drawings have been considered a projective tool in children's psychological assessment process. Therefore, watching this lesson will enable you to analyze children's house drawings and learn from them about their emotional, social and cognitive difficulties that affect their daily behavior. For example:

• Emotional pressure
• Temper tantrums
• Difficulties with evacuation and weaning
• ADHD, ADD
• Difficulties resulting from divorce
• Anxiety related to moving to a new home
• Coping with adoption
• Children at risk
• Domineering behavior
• Popularity
• Test anxiety

In this lesson you will learn about house drawing as a tool for understanding the child's self-image, his worldview and the fears that lurk within him. 

You will also understand the various reasons for children's resistance to drawing their house and their attempts to sometimes create an alternate reality because of difficulties they experience at home. 

During this lesson we will discuss in detail the various emotional meanings of the house's main features, based on studies conducted all over the world. These meanings will guide you in understanding key milestones in children's life experience. 

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