The H-T-P test.

The H-T-P (freehand drawing of House, Tree, and Person) is a technique designed to aid the clinician in obtaining information concerning the sensitivity, maturity, and integration of a subject's personality, and the interaction of that personality with its environment (both specific and general). The H-T-P is a two-phased approach to the personality. The first phase is non-verbal, creative, almost completely unstructured; the medium of expression is a relatively primitive one, drawing. The second phase is verbal, apperceptive, and more formally structured; in it the subject is provided with an opportunity to define, describe, and interpret the objects drawn and their respective environments and to associate concerning them.