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Abstract
The Rorschach protocol and psychotherapy of a 7 year-old boy with severe ADHD symptomatology were studied in conjunction with one another. Both arenas place a premium on affect tolerance and expression. On the Rorschach, he displayed a constricted record on achromatic cards and a chaotic record on chromatic cards. This pattern was replicated many times over the course of his subsequent dynamically-oriented treatment. Both patterns were explained as an attempt to either simplify or deaden complex/ambiguous stimuli, with inner and outer tumult as the result when the emotional demands of a given situation could not be subdued in that manner.
This work was supported in part by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Grant # DC 04992-02 awarded to Hilary Gomes. Ph.D., and by a PSC-CUNY Award given to Steve Tuber, Ph.D. The authors gratefully acknowledge the enormous help they received on this project from Professor Gomes and Virginia Wolfson.
Notes
This work was supported in part by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Grant # DC 04992-02 awarded to Hilary Gomes. Ph.D., and by a PSC-CUNY Award given to Steve Tuber, Ph.D. The authors gratefully acknowledge the enormous help they received on this project from Professor Gomes and Virginia Wolfson.