Experiential therapy activities

With the start of fall I find that both the professionals and students I work with are often learning to manage a new routine and new responsibilities which makes it the perfect time to reflect on time management, responsibility and goal setting, and self-care. This is a great activity to jumpstart conversation around coping skills,

Gardening is an excellent activity for kids of any age and has been known to improve a child's physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Struggling to reach a teen client? Here are three creative ways to build rapport and ten engaging teen therapy activities that encourage adolescents to open up.

Help your teenager express their emotions using art! Art therapy activities for teens is an easy way to help your teens work through hard feelings and express themselves. We’ve got 25 ideas to get your teens drawing, painting, sculpting and more. Perfect for homeschool art classes.

Letting go of things can be hard. Whether it’s past trauma, a loss we are grieving, unhealthy relationships, or destructive thinking, it can be challenging to find the balance between honoring what we have been through but no longer letting it define us. One of the valuable aspects of art therapy is the experiential nature. …

One of my favorite self-portrait interventions is what I like to call the Inside Out/Outside In self-portrait. The point of the exercise is for clients to draw and/or write about themselves (their …

Activities have the power to engage mental health clients in groups where they learn knowledge and skills to cope with the challenges they face. Use these activities to make your groups fun.

One of the most common issues I come across when working with children is poor self esteem. We all have times when we feel bad about ourselves. But kids are trying to find their identity. Learning what they are good at and what they aren't. Working out how they are the same and different to others and if this is important. The way we see ourselves as a child can impact how we see ourselves as an adult. Why self esteem is important Kids who feel good about themselves have the confidence…

Worry group activity: Teach your students to practice controlled breathing and then complete an art activity to help your students visualize the breathing pattern. Great for small group counseling or individual counseling to teach calming strategies!