Art Therapy With a 12-Year old Girl who Witnessed Suicide and Developed School Phobia

A month before refusing to attend school the patient had witnessed a suicide. The presenting symptom of the patient was severe school phobia but other factors were later brought to light. The dynamic factors in the patient’s present psychological constellation & her life situation which underlie the illness as well as the choice of symptom, & the specific effects of the art therapy are discussed. (TC)