1st Edition
Managing Big Feelings and Hidden Fears A Practical Guidebook for ‘Who’s Afraid of the Monster?’
Part One
Why this Book now
How to use this Book
Resources and Materials
Why Creative Art and Drama Activities
The Value of Metaphor
What happens in Children’s Brains
Helping the Child Manage Big Feelings
Stages of Emotional Development
Emotional Development and Abstract Fear
Externalising and Witnessing
The Importance of Ritual
Part Two
Big Feelings List
Assessment Activities
Big Feelings and Happiness Box
Techniques Used
Anger
Candle Breathing
Saucepan Breathing
Robot Doll Mime
Volcano Mime
Volcano Discussion
Jack-in-the-Box Mime
Angry Monster Drawing
About Me Book
Worry
Golden String Breathing
Belly Breathing
Warrior Pose
Lion Pose
Tree Pose
Worry Doll Drawing
Safe Place Drawing
Go Worry Rhyme
Bad Dream Storyboard
Pink and Blue Room Discussion
Part Three
Ideas for Discussion
Ideas for Enactment
Puppets
Material
Models
Appendix
Freeze Frames
Speaking from Role
De-Roling
References
Biography
Penny McFarlane works as a clinical supervisor and trainer for counsellors and arts therapists. Formerly a mainstream teacher, she qualified as a dramatherapist and then spent 25 years bringing dramatherapy into education. www.pennyannmcfarlane.com
Rebecca A. Jarvis graduated with a First Class BA(Hons) in Illustration at University of Plymouth, UK, where she also received the Dane Watkins Interactive Award. Her mixed media work focuses predominantly on hopeful imagery, especially useful during the current times. See more of Rebecca’s work on her website: www.rajarvisstudios.co.uk
