Rorschach Test and Neuropsychological Assessment: a Case Study

Abstract

The present work aims to demonstrate the important role of the Rorschach Test in assessment. The interest arises from clinical experience in the office, using the Rorschach Test in clinical care.
The contribution of this instrument in therapeutic planning is visible because it points out the compromises found in the personality dynamics, enabling the psychotherapist to act in this nexus of conflict, showing to the client his difficulties, so that he can build resources and be able to confront them. In neuropsychological assessment, the results from the Rorschach Test, which is a psychological assessment, together with all the information coming from other neuropsychological instruments, often become decisive in the path that the subsequent intervention plan should take. Therefore this article has the goal to connect the use of the Rorschach Test, a psychometric psychological instrument, with Luria’s qualitative neuropsychological assessment within a cultural-historical point of view. At last a study case will be presented to illustrate the concepts brought up uniting quantitative and qualitative measures to provide a better and more personalized treatment to the client.