While the field of gifted education has relied on educational, cognitive, counseling, behavioral, developmental, and social psychology, the domain of depth psychology offers special insights into giftedness, especially with regard to individuation. Depth psychology offers a way of understanding that is physical, psychological, and spiritual.

Northwestern University, Center for Talent Development - "many hidden treasures...an excellent book for anyone interested in creativity"
Gifted and Talented International, Spring, 2004 - "issues she raised were very real, and they resonated with my observations and experiences with creative personalities, children and adults."

It appears that funding follows talent in the domain -- and test scores don't really matter in adulthood -- performance does. What happens to "former gifted children" when they grow up is they show their talents and gifts in a domain.

Creating metaphors and images that may be coded in ways the makers don't even realize, permits the emotion to be changed, to be released through a safe and therapeutic means. The "talking therapy" is often not as effective for people in the arts as is an opportunity to abstractly express themselves in the coded way that the arts allow.