Jessica* is 15 years old and recently experienced a traumatic experience with her immediate family. DCS became involved and she moved in with a safe family member that she has stayed with off and on throughout her life.
I met Jessica just a few weeks ago when DCS sent the referral. DCS approved for our one on one time to be spent with A Window Between Worlds curriculum. We had created attitude journals during our first meeting and Jessica shared she has been feeling a lot of physical and emotional stress regarding the situation, court and school.
During this session, we worked on Befriending Our Feelings. Jessica’s pictures show everything she has been dealing with recently. She said she feels anxious first, then annoyed and then stuck.
We discussed how awareness is the first step in healing. Creating these images was really the step she needed to become aware of her feelings and how she can feel and control them.
*Name changed to protect confidentiality
