The entire administration may take between 5 and 10 minutes. The analysis of course takes longer but your findings will help you beyond words. The administration of the drawings after the session provides the hypnotherapist or counselor with direction as to how successful the session was. It also gives the therapist a technique for evaluating the effectiveness of the session. Thus, there will be comments relating to self- criticism, reactions to the task, as well as many other behavioral patterns which would be meaningful to the trained observer.
Observational skills are essential in all therapeutic relationships.
They include, but are not limited to, the ability to see and interpret, hear and interpret, and go beyond those sensory perceptions. All these can have a significant meaning in the hands of a trained observer. One could pick up extreme cases of obsessive behavior when the person cannot give up the drawing after a long period of time or one can note the helplessness of a person, who might not appear so at all on the basis of the interview, by needing constant support and reassurance to continue with the drawing. All the aforementioned information obtained without even looking at the finished product. Readers are taught how to interpret the drawings and get the most out of understanding the language of the non-conscious.