An Art Therapist's Personal Record

Abstract

This article records the process of looking backward and looking inward for the roots of my interest in art therapy. I hope that such recollection and review will provide a perspective from which to look ahead. These reflections relate to the period between 1943 and 1946, during which I worked as an attendant in a state mental hospital. It was this experience and the paintings I did in response to it which were the origin of a compelling and continuing involvement in art and psychiatry.