Clarion Review: **** The analytical psychology of Carl Gustav Jung, the ideas of Erich Neumann and modern developmental psychology offer excellent guidelines in the search for the significance of children's drawings. Children actually live in the mythological period of our ancestors. Just as our ancestors' growing process of awareness was reflected in mythological stories, rituals, fairy tales and primitive art, a child's process of awareness is reflected in his or her drawings. There are similarities between the products from various periods of art history and the drawings that children make at various ages. In 'Draw me a Picture' children's drawings ranging from their very first scribbles to drawings by adolescents are described and analyzed. And, when doing so, the author repeatedly makes links to the world of children's games. She also offers illustrative examples from her therapeutic practice. This book is a tool for play therapists, art therapists, sandplay therapists and teachers.
Theresa Foks-Appelman (1945) lives in the Netherlands (Amsterdam). She is a registered creative art therapist and Sandplay therapist. She wrote a book about the meaning of children's drawings after a study of analytical psychology of C.G. Jung and Erich Neumann.
Her book is printed in the Netherlands in 2004 and on the booklists of diverse universities. In 2006 her book is translated into English and published by BookSurge. People from all over the world ordered her book at Amazon.com, not only care providers, but also parents. Since april 2010 her book is published in Israel in Hebrew. Publishing in Chinese language by a Taiwan publisher is expected end of this year. The "ForWord Clarion Review" gave her Four Stars (out of Five). This Review ends with: "'Draw Me a Picture' reminds readers that there's a universal spontaneous language of expression we can understand, a wise story told image by image, on the page: It is our story'."
