The purpose of this paper is to report the experience of a case study of a kindergarten level hospitalized child. The center of interest in this study is the expression of emotion through the drawings performed by a child in psychotherapy sessions. Drawing is considered an expressive activity. These drawings, in addition to the speech, are analyzed based on the cultural-historic concept. The results showed that drawings are one of the means a child uses to express emotions.
drawings; hospitalized child; emotions
