Being well aware of this fact, psychologists have incorporated several drawing tests, including the HTP test (House-Tree-Person), into their clinical practice to learn more about their patients.

Learn what people can figure out (or think they can figure out) from your drawing of a tree. I first heard of the House-Tree-Person, or HTP, test when I was reading The Silence of the Lambs.

It is called draw a house-tree- person (Buck, 1984). It is the projective House-Tree-Person test in which children are asked to draw these three items. The house mirrors the child’s home life ...

It is called draw a house-tree- person (Buck, 1984). It is the projective House-Tree-Person test in which children are asked to draw these three items. The house mirrors the child’s home life ...