Bring cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) concepts to life with creative, art therapy-inspired directed drawing activities for kids! These engaging digital and printable counseling worksheets combine drawing, discussion, and reflection to help students explore their thoughts, feelings, and actions while practicing flexible thinking and coping skills.

Featuring a robot, dog, and dinosaur hatching from an egg, this set includes three guided drawing activities with 27 CBT discussion prompts. Students answer questions as they complete each drawing step by step, making this a fun, low-prep resource for individual counseling, small groups, and classroom social-emotional learning lessons.

📦 What's Included:

🤖 3 CBT Directed Drawing Activities

• Step-by-step drawing instructions for a robot, dog, and hatching dinosaur
• Students answer CBT and SEL discussion questions as they work through each drawing
• Nine discussion prompts per drawing, for 27 prompts total

🧠 27 CBT & SEL Discussion Prompts

• Exploring connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions
• Identifying helpful and unhelpful thoughts
• Practicing flexible thinking and growth mindset
• Discussing coping skills and self-awareness
• Reflecting on responses to challenging situations

✏️ Editable Google Slides Edition

• Editable version for adding your own questions or prompts
• Customize the drawings for different counseling goals, classroom topics, or individual student needs
• Reuse the activities with different discussion questions

💡 SEL Pre-Teaching Slides

• Growth mindset
• Grit and perseverance
• Patience
• Coping skills
• Accepting mistakes as part of learning

🖨️ Bonus Printable Directed Drawing Worksheets

• Additional printable worksheets to accompany the directed drawing activities
• Opportunities for hands-on drawing, creativity, and independent practice
• Flexible options for individual counseling, small groups, and classroom lessons

💻 Digital & Printable Formats

• Interactive Google Slides activities for screen sharing or classroom projection
• Printable PDF versions for hands-on learning
• Flexible options for in-person and virtual counseling sessions

🎒 Quick Details: Elementary students | 👥 Individual, small group + classroom | 🖨️ Digital + Print, PDF + Google Slides | 🎯 CBT, art therapy-inspired activities + emotional awareness

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

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🌈 SEL Directed Drawing Growing Bundle

• Includes a growing collection of 60 directed drawings with over 400 prompts>
• Features activities for feelings, empathy, communication, problem-solving, coping skills, and other SEL concepts
• Includes editable versions and bonus printable resources
• Offers engaging art-based activities for counseling sessions and classroom SEL lessons throughout the school year

💜 CBT Guided & Directed Drawing Bundle

• Answer CBT prompts to unlock the steps to complete 10 directed drawings of a Brontosaurus, cat, and teddy bear, s a Plesiosaurus, goldfish, and sailboat, a robot, dog, and dinosaur hatching from an egg, and a doll
• Includes 90 CBT discussion prompts (9 prompts per drawing), giving you even more creative ways to reinforce cognitive behavioral therapy and social-emotional learning skills
• Help students explore thinking patterns, emotional awareness, coping skills, and the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions
• Editable Edition to customize the prompts or create your own questions
• Includes SEL Pre-Teaching Slides and bonus printable directed drawing worksheets

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🎯 Skills Addressed:

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), emotional identification, self-awareness, understanding connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions, helpful and unhelpful thinking, balanced self-talk, flexible thinking, emotional regulation, coping strategies, perseverance, patience, and growth mindset.

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Introduce CBT concepts through creative, art therapy-inspired activities
• Help students recognize connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions
• Practice identifying thoughts and exploring more balanced alternatives
• Use directed drawing as a conversation starter during individual counseling
• Facilitate small group discussions about coping skills and flexible thinking
• Incorporate therapeutic drawing activities into classroom SEL lessons
• Customize editable questions to support specific counseling goals
• Use Google Slides for digital counseling sessions or interactive classroom instruction
• Print the drawing worksheets for hands-on activities and independent reflection
• Encourage participation without requiring artistic perfection or personal disclosure

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

School counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, mental health counselors, special education teachers, occupational therapists, and classroom teachers.

Especially useful for professionals seeking low-prep CBT art activities that combine creative expression, counseling discussions, and social-emotional learning.

🖨️ Format & Download:

Includes digital Google Slides activities and printable PDF resources.

An editable edition allows you to customize questions, and bonus directed drawing worksheets provide additional practice opportunities.

📌 Important Notes:

• These are art therapy-inspired educational and counseling activities, not a substitute for treatment provided by a credentialed art therapist
• Encourage students to explore their thoughts and feelings without pressuring them to think positively or produce perfect drawings
• This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this resource, all sales are final and refunds are not available