COVID Kid’s Activity Book | A Workbook to Help Families Cope
Most of us are more than a little concerned about the mental health of the kiddos that we care about during this pandemic. The natural …
Books and Art Supplies
These posts contain links to resources I find helpful.
Creating a Crisis Plan: A Free Printable Worksheet for Safety Planning
The best time to do good crisis work is when you (or your client, child, partner, friend, etc) aren’t currently in crisis. Take some time …
Steps to Containing a Mental Health Crisis Printable- RO-DBT model
Traditional DBT helps develop emotion regulation and impulse control for people who struggle in these areas, but Radically Open (RO) DBT is an adaptation of …
Abstract Emotion Cards | Art Deck by Kate Creech
Shortly after completing my Mindful Grounding Activity Card deck, I had an idea for a deck of visual emotion cards, each card containing an evocative …
Free Printable Emotion Wheel For Kids | PDF Feelings Wheel Download
Last month, my patrons helped me collaborate on creating this new resource: a pizza-themed feelings wheel for kids. Via the Patreon community, Patrons got early …
Trauma Recovery: A Visual Model
Trauma Therapy Even as someone who has studied trauma therapy for years, I often find it difficult to describe just how trauma therapy works and …
Sketchnotes on Parenting, Trauma, and Childhood Adversity
Instead of questioning (“How could you?”) or punishing (“How dare you!”) look for the entry point for empathy (“Oh, of course you…”). When someone …
Mindfulness Card Deck for Trauma-Sensitive Grounding Activities
Perfect for parents, teachers, and those in the mental health field, this simple card game is designed to be a fun and engaging way to …
Demonstrating Trustworthiness Builds Bridges that Self-Advertisement Cannot
Demonstrating our trustworthiness builds relational bridges that self-advertisement cannot. If you sense that your friend, partner, child, client, etc. feels hesitant to trust you, let …
Worksheet for Cultivating Mindfulness Practices
In a culture where life is often lived digitally, mindfulness matters. While our brains are increasingly adept at sensing fake news or deciphering complex texts …
Illustrated Embodied Grounding Exercise – Free Printable
Social media can be a dark, divisive place sometimes. On the other end of the spectrum, depending on the accounts you choose to follow, it …
How Childhood Emotional Neglect Feeds Adult Chronic Shame
Kids who grow up in families where emotional needs are not validated and met often develop a deep sense of internal shame for having needs …
Body Trust and Food Security – Intuitive Eating Doodle Series
Intuitive Eating is an approach to eating that can help heal the relationship between food and our bodies, and to help end the diet/weight-cycling cycle. …
How to Get a Therapist – An Illustrated Guide
All of us probably know someone (or have been someone) who thought about (or even openly talked about) how we “need therapy” and “should probably …
10 Unique Art Prompts for Casual & Therapy Art Groups
This is a continuously updated post about prompts for art groups and craft activities for expressive-therapy and art therapy oriented groups. To the best of my …