A Narrative Review of the Application of Projective Drawing Techniques

HRMARS - Projective drawing techniques refer to the broadly utilised projective psychological tool designed to reveal emotions, personality through, and lived experiences the interpretation of drawings. These techniques have a unique ability to unearth subconscious thoughts, and feelings, establishing themselves as flexible resources across numerous settings. Given the extensive variety of projective drawing techniques, this study narrowly focused on the House-Tree-Person (H-T-P) technique, and its modified, and adapted versions such as Art Drawing-House Tree Person (AD-HTP), and Synthetic-House Tree Person (S-HTP). Therefore, this study reviewed several previous studies that related to the application of projective drawing techniques. The aim of this study is to reveal the utilisation of these techniques, specifically for assisting the clients in counselling interventions. However, the gaps in previous research regarding the H-T-P technique have limited the ability of researcher to explore its applications more deeply.