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:

✔️ Robot CBT Directed Drawing

• A step-by-step robot drawing with nine CBT discussion prompts.

✔️ Dog CBT Directed Drawing

• A guided dog drawing activity with nine CBT discussion prompts.

✔️ Hatching Dinosaur CBT Directed Drawing

• A dinosaur hatching from an egg, paired with nine CBT reflection prompts.

✔️ 27 CBT Discussion Prompts

• Nine prompts per drawing to help students explore thoughts, feelings, coping strategies, and flexible thinking.

✔️ Editable Edition

• Customize the discussion questions to address different counseling objectives, classroom topics, or individual student needs.

✔️ SEL Pre-Teaching Slides

• Introduce concepts such as perseverance, patience, coping skills, and growth mindset.

✔️ Bonus Printable Directed Drawing Worksheets

• Provide additional opportunities for independent drawing and reflection.

✔️ Digital Google Slides and Printable PDF Activities

• Choose the format that works best for your counseling setting.

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

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

Save money by purchasing this resource in the CBT Guided & Directed Drawing Bundle at a discount! The complete collection includes 10 directed drawings and 90 CBT discussion prompts, giving you even more creative ways to reinforce cognitive behavioral therapy concepts through art.

You can also find these activities in the larger CBT Activities Growing Bundle and in the SEL Directed Drawing Growing Bundle at a discount!

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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.

This is a digital download. No physical materials will be shipped.

📌 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, disclose personal experiences, or produce perfect drawings.

This is a digital download. No refunds on digital purchases.