Case History of Angel: Art Therapy and the Disturbed Gifted Child

Authors

  • Lertsiri Bovornkitti Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Burapha University, Chon Buri
  • Nuntharat Charoenkul Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Keywords:

art therapy, disturbed gifted child

Abstract

This paper is an edited, transcribed version of the chapter 10 of Edith Kramerûs book entitled ùArt as Therapyû. It describes a rare situation that art therapists may encounter, working with a high gifted, severely disturbed child in whom the condition of life was so unfavorable that it is hard to believe the childûs talent could survive outside the shelter of the therapeutic milieu.

Key words : art therapy, disturbed gifted child

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Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2007): July - September

Section

Special Articles