Client’s drawings can serve 4 basic functions in bereavement counseling: they may provide a channel for cathartic release of grief; a focus for clients’ reflections on the dimensions of their losses; a means of identifying unexpressed conflicts associated with the losses; & possibly a source of information of diagnostic value. The potential benefits & limitaations of this therapy are surveyed & it is suggested that these techniques could have a place in the skills of the eclectic counselor.