Originally Posted by ajpresto

That is one of many "projective" techniques which are psychologists' attempts to get at some of the more basic areas of the brain. It's just a technique and a weak one at that, at getting at some of the more basic processes in the brain. There are others which are slightly better and more commonly used (the Rorschach is out of favor for the most part now) such as the Draw a Person task and the Kinetic Family Drawing task. Rather than looking at pictures, the client is asked to draw a picture. There are scales for interpreting what all of that means. I use those tasks for some of my clients and I have some concerns when I interpret them. Unless something comes out in multiple areas, I won't say anything about the supposed sexual aspects of this part of a drawing, etc.