Couples: Two Art Evaluations
by Carole Kunkle-Miller & Harriet Wadeson
Two art therapists, Carole Kunkle-Miller and Harriet Wadeson, conduct art therapy assessments with couples. They demonstrate that the art exercises performed enable the couples to discuss their issues. One sees how members of a couple can work nonverbally as well as how they perceive each other and wish their partner to be. 
In the first portion of the video, a young couple is asked to draw a picture together on the same piece of paper without talking. They are then invited to describe what it felt like to do the task and what each intended to express as well as what they thought their partner was saying with their part of the drawing. The exercise enables them to discuss issues around a recent decision and the move to a new home.

In the second part, Dr. Wadeson begins her demonstration session with the same task, but because there is more time available the couple works together silently on a larger piece of paper. This exercise and reflection is followed by a two-part task where each person first draws a large portrait of themselves, after which they exchange the drawings and are invited to modify their partner’s image however they wish. After that they are invited to discuss the sequence of drawing tasks.

Dr. Wadeson is the originator of both exercises, one of which is used by Dr. Kunkle-Miller in the first part of the video.
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In the first portion of the video, a young couple is asked to draw a picture together on the same piece of paper without talking. They are then invited to describe what it felt like to do the task and what each intended to express as well as what they thought their partner was saying with their part of the drawing. The exercise enables them to discuss issues around a recent decision and the move to a new home.

In the second part, Dr. Wadeson begins her demonstration session with the same task, but because there is more time available the couple works together silently on a larger piece of paper. This exercise and reflection is followed by a two-part task where each person first draws a large portrait of themselves, after which they exchange the drawings and are invited to modify their partner’s image however they wish. After that they are invited to discuss the sequence of drawing tasks.

Dr. Wadeson is the originator of both exercises, one of which is used by Dr. Kunkle-Miller in the first part of the video.

This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc. 

Length of video: 00:58:41

English subtitles available

Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-622-6

Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-622-6



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