Rapport building activities therapy

When I first started off as a therapist I was so eager to jump into “fixing problems” it would quickly make my students uninterested in meeting with me pretty quickly. I have completely changed my approach (after a quick learning curve) and focus my first few sessions building rapport with students FIRST & FOREMOST. Relationships are the KEY to cultivating healing in students. Here is a list of some of my favorite “Get to Know You” activities to do with new students!

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!:

I like to have simple board games on hand for individual sessions, especially when I am pulling students who didn’t ask to see me themselves {but rather were referred by their parents or teac…

Tons of Counseling worksheets, games, and resources to help you with Counseling Elementary and Middle School students. Resources for Counseling and School based therapy are easy to use and fun for students. Several rapport building games to chose from for both in person and teletherapy counseling.

This pin looks at 6 ways to help build rapport when meeting someone new

My very own conversation Jenga. Super easy to do!

This is a free worksheet on an effective way to make decision making fun. Many worry or are stressed over deciding what to wear, cook, see, or do. This easy habit will improve your overall emotional well-being. If you can't decide or don't know what to do, putting everything on the table is step one.

I like to have simple board games on hand for individual sessions, especially when I am pulling students who didn’t ask to see me themselves {but rather were referred by their parents or teac…

Questions to ask Children-You can find many websites with lists of questions to ask children. These are a few that I have used in building rapport at my practicum.

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Students can get to know one-another virtually!

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