1st Edition
by Alessandro Crisi (Author), Jacob A. Palm (Author)
The Wartegg Drawing Completion
Test (WDCT) is a semi-structured, graphic, performance-based personality
test, created by Ehrig Wartegg (1939). With a foundation in Gestalt and
Psychodynamic theory, the WDCT has been used widely throughout Europe,
South America, and Japan, but only recently has become available in the
United States. Initial scoring systems for the WDCT were considered
cumbersome and lacked research-driven validation. In response to these
factors, Alessandro Crisi, following years of clinical practice and
research, developed the Crisi Wartegg System (CWS; 1998, 2007), a normed
and standardized administration, scoring, and interpretation system for
the WDCT. Over the past three decades, Dr. Crisi has refined and
expanded the CWS through research, broadening the scope of the measure,
and increasing the accessibility of the system to clinicians. This
manual provides a comprehensive guide to the CWS, made available to
English-speaking clinicians for the first time.
