Art therapy rapport building activities

This is a work sheet I designed for when I have a first therapy session with a child. It allows for me build rapport, get to know the basics, and to explore a couple in-depth items, such as fears and worries. Hope you enjoy and find this useful!:

Practice self-reflection with this art-based activity and celebrate the unique things that make you – you, and the people and communities that surround and support you.

Enough to break the ice! One of the first steps of counseling is building a positive rapport with the student. It is important for students to feel safe and trust the counselor as they begin to work together. There are a number of ways to establish positive rapport, but here are a few of my favorite tools. The Question Cup I have a plastic cup full of Popsicle sticks with various questions. The student and counselor each pick a certain number of sticks and both participants answer the…