An Illustrated SUDS Chart: Communicating Emotional Pain
Most of us aren’t very good at communicating how much we’re suffering. Not only are we bad about communicating it, but research also shows that …
Educational Psychology
Educational psychology is a branch of psychology that helps us understand learning, how we learn, and the psychological factors that play into the learning process. In this section, I have categorized my mental health art illustrations that are particularly relevant to teachers, students, and classrooms.
Whether you are a college professor seeking engaging psychology PowerPoint visuals, a school teacher teaching a unit on mental health and social skills, or an early childhood educator helping preschool and elementary age students in social emotional learning, many of the resources below can be applied to a wide variety of age groups of students.
In Collaboration with MoMA
In Collaboration with MoMA Recently, the Museum of Modern Art reached out with a request to commission an illustration for their digital platform’s work to …
Genogram Template: An New Option for Making Easier, Organized Genograms
Genograms can be powerful tools to build awareness of patterns in families and organizations, but what we don’t often acknowledge is that genograms can be …
Flow Chart: Resolving Kid’s Problem Behaviors Through Coping Skills
Kids with caregivers who give them permission to feel big feelings and that give them support in managing those feelings are kids with tools who are able to become adults who can regulate emotions and find resiliency in the face of crisis.
Today, I’m releasing a simple visual illustrating how empathic, attuned parenting can disrupt one common cycle behind problem behaviors at home or in the classroom.
Rainbow of Emotional Regulation – A Social Emotional Learning Printable Infographic
All of us have some resiliency to cope with challenges. When we encounter difficult experiences that take us past the range of our ability to tolerate, the ways we tend to respond fall into one of two categories: those of us who get agitated, and those of us who shut down.
Emotional regulation refers to our ability to stay present, engaged, and able to listen and learn despite challenges. My rainbow of emotional regulation is a social-emotional learning resource that can help teach this concept in the classroom, in counseling sessions, or at home.
How We Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn in Difficult Conversations: Adapting A Learning Mindset
When our sense of self depends on being “right,” challenging information from opposing viewpoints is often seen as a threat. Instead of being able to …
Irvin Yalom: Group Therapy Sketchnotes & an Open Letter on “Love’s Executioner”
Group Therapy Sketchnotes In graduate school, I had the privilege of learning under instructors who were mostly very receptive to the idea that not all …
Maladaptive Overcontrol: Illustrated (Plus Free Handwriting Font Downloads)
(Click here to jump on down to free font downloads) An intentionally messy visual about the opposite: maladaptive over-control (sometimes called maladaptive perfectionism). We all …
7 Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) that Shape Adult Health and Resiliency – Illustrated
JUMP TO: VIEW THE ILLUSTRATIONS | DOWNLOAD THE PDF | TAKE THE QUIZ In 2019, researchers at Johns Hopkins University published results of the first …
Trigger Warnings: Helpful or Harmful for Trauma Survivors?
This research study presents compelling evidence that trigger warnings may do more harm than good. While this study’s methods may overlook that a trigger warning …
Jung Sketchnotes: Dreams, Puella Archetype, and The Shadow
On Jung’s “The Shadow” Lots of us work hard to avoid having to stop and look too closely at what one of the fathers of …
Research Backed Ways to Use Art to Improve the Effectiveness of Studying
We know that using different parts of our brain to study (like writing, listening/reciting, and using play to create mnemonics) helps boost retention, but new …