Review by Sharlene Christensen, CMHC, RPT I am pleased to have the opportunity to write for the newsletter today. I wanted to share a fun intervention called “The Worry Worms”. […]
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Emotions Color Wheel An Art Therapy Directive www.creativitymattersllc.com Description: This activity is good to break the ice with any client. It is also an easy “check-in” to find out how the client is feeling and the issues he/she is dealing with at this time in his/her life. After creating a pie chart with 8 sections, the client gets to choose 8 emotions and then color in the pie pieces. Materials: Colored Pencils or Markers and a White Piece of Paper. Instructions: First – Start with a piece of white paper and draw a circle filling the page. Second – Draw a line straight down the center of the circle, then draw a line down the center, criss-crossing the first line. Follow this by halving the other pies and again until you have 8 pies. Third – Ask the client, “What are 8 emotions that you would like to put in each pie on the wheel?” Then, as the client mentions the emotions place the word above the pie (on the outside). (The client may need some assistance with coming up with 8 emotions. Give assistance but be careful to not choose for the client.) Fourth – Ask the client to now fill in each pie with a corresponding color or picture that matches his/her idea of what the emotion means to him/her. Fifth – When the client is finished coloring have him/her explain what had him/her choose the color or explain what the picture means. Sixth – Ask the client to share where in his/her life he/she is experiencing that emotion/feeling. Dialogue about it as the client feels comfortable. Outcome: This exercise is designed to have your client open up and feel more comfortable expressing his/her emotions/feelings, and establishing rapport/trust with you! Questions to Ask Client: 1) Could you tell me about your Emotions Color Wheel? 2) What had you choose that color/design for that emotion? 3) Where else in your life do you experience that emotion/feeling? Note: Use affirmative statements with the client. Always acknowledge the client's positive qualities and work with the client to notice their own ability to create beauty/something of importance/value.
Let Your Emotions R.A.I.N An Occupational Therapy activity worksheet for inpatient psych groups of all ages This activity was used to discus...
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This cheat sheet on self-compassion provides information like definitions, self-compassion exercises and practices, mantras or phrases to repeat to oneself that exude self-compassion, resources, and more!
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Learning Objective: - Understand how different words feel differently when spoken. - Understand the effect of hurtful words as leaving a mark on the heart. - Understand how to show goodness by using words correctly. Quran Verse: Wa quloo lin naas husna speak kindly to people 2:83 1. Have the children feel a piece of sandpaper and gently rub it over their arms. Talk about how it feels rough and hurts. 2. Have the children feel some cotton wool and talk about how it feels soft and gentle. 3. Discuss how different words feel differently when spoken. Some words feel rough and hurt the heart and others are soft and kind. 4. Use a large paper heart and ask for examples of 'sandpaper' words or phrases that make you feel sad. For each suggestion make a fold in the heart. Children can also do this on their own individual paper hearts or pass the heart around a circle and let each child have a turn. 5. Then talk about and have the children share 'cotton wool' words that make them feel good. For each response open back each fold. Ask the children how the heart looks. Discuss the effects that hurtful behaviour can have on someone's heart as the wrinkles never come out completely. Before we speak we must think and be smart. It's hard to fix a wrinkled heart.
Emotions are climbing to a crescendo this week — at least in my home, where miss R seems to have swallowed a gallon of teenage sensitivity. Earlier today she decided to sequester herself in h…
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I really appreciate this visual metaphor for Dr Lois Tonkin’s theory of grief, as well as the theory itself. Get creative and grow yourself (free activity) Several years ago, I wrote a post describing a creative activity for growing yourself instead of focusing on trying to shrink grief. It’s still up on my Remembering For Good ...
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Impulse Control Bubbles Worksheet Color the circles red if they would make the situation WORSE. Color the circles green if they would make the situation BETTER.Helps students think about the consequences of actions and problem solving!
