The Expressive Therapies Groupwork Program for 7 to 9 year olds
By Mark Pearson
Expressive Therapies 2026
Seven weeks of creative arts activities for emotional literacy, wellbeing and bonding
For use by counsellors in schools, social workers, teacher aides, behaviour support consultants, teachers, psychologists, psychotherapists, chaplains, youth workers.
This is a creative arts, multiple intelligence approach to supporting children through groupwork, based on the theories and activities of Expressive Therapies.
There is a particular focus on developing emotional literacy, knowing self, enhancing creativity and communication, as well as group bonding. Innerspace Junior supports children with emotional or behavioural challenges; affected by grief and loss; at risk of depression; with relational difficulties; with low self-esteem. While the program builds written and verbal skills, it is also designed to support self-esteem and peer bonding. It is designed to help students open up and share their concerns through the use of metaphor, image, colour, shapes and words, and learn how to relax and enhance emotional resilience. Experience has shown that students enjoy the activities in the program, which use movement, bioenergetic games, role-play, writing, drawing, worksheets, imagination and relaxation.
This package includes:
22 pages
$125
Package will be delivered directly via email after purchase.
The Expressive Therapies Groupwork Program for 10 to 14 year olds
By Mark Pearson
Expressive Therapies 2026
An eight week emotional literacy, wellbeing and resilience program
For use by Counsellors, Guidance Officers, Social Workers, Teacher Aides, Behaviour Support Consultants, Teachers, Psychologists, Chaplains, Youth Workers
This is a multiple intelligence, creative arts approach to supporting children, based on the theories and activities of Expressive Therapies. There is a particular focus on knowing self, enhancing communication and group bonding. The program support children: with emotional or behavioural challenges; affected by grief and loss; at risk of depression; with relational difficulties; with low self-esteem. The activities in the program are effective for groupwork, one-on-one support, or classroom application.
Help young people expand their self-understanding; improve interpersonal effectiveness; develop the skills of self-reflection, emotional support and empathic communication. These programs present new ways to foster resilience and mental wellbeing in students.
This program uses a range of proven personal development and inner-life skills-building techniques, such as: writing, emotional literacy tools, emotional and somatic mapping, responding to music, bioenergetics, relaxation skills, imagination and self-esteem activities, visualisation and self-discovery worksheets.
This package includes:
25 pages
$125
Package will be delivered directly via email after purchase.
Emotional Healing and Personal Development with Children, Adolescents and Adults
By Mark Pearson & Helen Wilson
ACER Press, 2001
This eBook guides therapists in this effective, evidence-based, approach to therapy, that has been in development for over 90 years.
It presents step-by-step activities for practitioners to assist clients' using Symbol Work, as well as guidelines for the free and spontaneous Sandplay Therapy process.
This is the first Australian text on sandplay, and the first to introduce the guided Symbol Work activities created and trialled by the authors for over 30 years.
The book includes:
Sandplay & Symbol Work is an invaluable guide for counsellors wishing to explore this innovative technique and support others effectively in exploring their inner world.
150 pages
$45
e-Book will be delivered directly via email after purchase.
Creativity Self-Expression Workbook for Young People 8 to 12 Years
By Mark Pearson
Expressive Therapies, 2025
This workbook encourages reflective and creative expression, through 30 activities that involve the joy of making art, making up stories, learning about feelings, and inspiring the imagination to explore both the inner and outer worlds.
It is designed to be used under the guidance of a teacher, counsellor or parent. Based on contemporary research on creativity, it aims to contribute to developing young innovators, with problem solving skills, and loads of self-awareness and empathy.
39 pages
$35
e-Book will be delivered directly via email after purchase.
We recommend printing hard copies in A3 size.
Developing Learning & Reflective Practice
By Mark Pearson
Expressive Therapies, 2025
Mark's brand new workbook has been in development through the last ten years.
It contains 22 worksheets for scaffolding learning and reflective practice for supervisees new to practice, or completing internships. The worksheets are designed for supervisors to offer their supervisees from time-to-time to support reflection, to refresh early learning on therapeutic approaches, to develop useful supervision questions and to enhance engagement with their early career supervisees and counselling interns. The worksheets have been adapted from recommendations from international leaders in the field of counselling education.
39 pages
$25
e-Book will be delivered directly via email after purchase.
Text, poetry and fine art photography
By Mark Pearson
Expressive Therapies, 2025
This full-colour book presents the images from Mark's 2012 solo exhibition of fine art abstract photography.
The images convey stages on a personal growth journey, accompanied by extracts from Mark's books and poetry, as well as extracts from some of his heroes.
52 pages
$25
e-Book will be delivered directly via email after purchase.