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Pergamon The Arts in Psychotherapy, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 467473, 1995 Copyright 0 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0197-4556195 $9.50 + .OO 0197-4556(94)00059-X USE OF ANATOMICAL DOLLS IN PLAY AND ART THERAPY WITH SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN GUSSIE KLORER, MA, A.T.R., LCSW* The use of anatomical dolls in child sexual abuse cases has been controversial. Traditionally, anatomi- cal dolls have been used in two areas: (a) to aid in the disclosure of child sexual abuse, and (b) to aid in the judicial process of proving that the child has been sexually abused. Professionals disagree as to the le- gitimacy of their use in court (Coolbear, 1992; Lie & Inman, 1991; White, 1988; Yates & Terr, 1988). As a diagnostic tool, the dolls have been met with resis- tance because of the difficulty in interpreting play behavior with the dolls. In a survey of articles per- taining to the use of anatomical dolls, papers were found to fall into the following categories: (a) normal play development with anatomical dolls, (b) anatom- ical dolls’ use among professionals, (c) “how to” articles pertaining to use of dolls, (d) use of dolls as evidentiary tools in court, and (e) comparative studies of abused and non-abused children’s play with ana- tomical dolls. No articles pertaining to the treatment phase of child sexual abuse and anatomical dolls were found.