The tree test has been widely used in medical facilities, educational institutions, and psychological institutions, recently. The author conducted clients to draw the tree test and analyzed changes of the tree test for symptoms. As a result, it was shown that a client was able to send a message for a therapist when the tree test was used in psychotherapy.
This study revealed that most maladjustment behaviors had avoidance mechanism. These behaviors included anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, alcohol dependence, social withdrawal, school refusal and the like. In the functional analysis of this article, we argued that the forms of psychopathology were viewed as unhealthy methods of avoidance. The treatments of avoidance-based maladjustment behaviors (symptoms) expose clients to previously avoided private experiences.
The tree test has been widely used in medical facilities, educational institutions, and psychological institutions, recently. The author conducted clients to draw the tree test and analyzed changes of the tree test for symptoms. As a result, it was shown that a client was able to send a message for a therapist when the tree test was used in psychotherapy.