Theoretical Perspectives The Kinetic Family Drawing
The Bird’s Nest Drawing
(Burns & Kaufman, 1972)
Kaiser (1996)
• Humanistic Theory • Popularized by Rogers, Maslow, and May • The “phenomenon of personhood” • Values the context of someone’s life experiences
• Attachment Theory • Popularized by John Bowlby • The impact of children who had lost their caregivers at an early age • Four attachment styles • Ambivalent attachment • Avoidant attachment • Disorganized attachment • Secure attachment
• Focus on the visual communication about the family experience/dynamic • Visual elements are viewed within real-world contexts • The BND focuses on the two • Values the individual main types of attachment experience and perspective • Secure attachment • Insecure attachment
(Smith, 1978; Brooke, 2004; Mooney, 2010; Kaiser, 2016)
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