This thesis aims at developing filial therapy program with art therapy techniques applied, making mothers role as a proxy of healer, on the objects of children and mothers in the case that the maladaptive Behavior child has social or emotional problems, looking into the effect in lessening children's problem behaviors, and improving sympathy ability and functional level of mothers. The program was performed on the target of 18 couples of children, 5,6 years old, and mothers living in Jeon-ju City (experimental group: 9 couples, control group: 9 couples) one time a week, total 10 session. The program was developed and performed, referring to Guerney(1964) Filial Therapy Theory, Landreth(2002), Landreth and Bratton(2008) Filial Therapy Program, and Proulx(2003) Filial Art Therapy Program, and composed of four courses, that is parental education, video supervision, and feedback. The result is as followings. First, children’s problem behaviors decreased. Second, sympathy ability was improved. Third, Mothers’ function, as a proxy of healer, was improved. Fourth, Kinetic-Family-Drawing(KFD) was improved. Fifth, respective persons had a difference, according to child-mother’s change extent, in the course of program progress, but most mothers reported affirmative change on children’s problem behaviors.
Key Words : Art Therapy, Filial therapy, Problem behavior, Empathy ability, PLATO