Therapists bring a unique blend of empathy, insight, and guidance to their work, but providing one-on-one care can limit earning potential and time. That’s why passive income opportunities like print-on-demand (POD) merchandise are growing in popularity among therapists. With POD, you can create income streams without taking on extra clients or putting in additional therapy hours. The best part? No artistic skill is required to make this happen!

Age range: 8+

Supplies Needed: Hourglass outline (link provided!), pencil, marker, colored pencils, etc, canva if doing this digitally (free or paid versions!)

Uses: This is a great way for clients to further explore and visualize feelings of shame

Artistic Skills Needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: This can easily be done digitally if needed!

Age range: 8+

Supplies Needed: Canva (free or paid versions!)

Uses: This is a great way for clients to further express their emotions in a deeper, more visual way

Artistic Skills Needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: This intervention is fully digital!

Age range: 13+

Supplies Needed: Shuffles by Pinterest app, Canva, Adobe Express, or any digital collage creator if done digitally. Physical collage materials: magazine clippings, images, paper, scissors, glue

Uses: This is a great way to talk about our identities and experiences that aren’t visible on the outside to others, and it can be a way to build rapport and help clients feel seen

Artistic Skills Needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: Full instructions and a process video are included in the write up to do this digitally!

Age range: 8+

Supplies Needed: Shuffles by Pinterest app, Canva, Adobe Express, or any digital collage creator if done digitally. Physical collage materials: magazine clippings, images, paper, scissors, glue

Uses: This month’s intervention is a big THANK YOU from me to you! I cannot believe that two years ago in November I started sharing creative interventions. While this was created to share the intervention library’s transformation, it can be used by clients to visualize their own transformation!

Artistic Skills Needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: Full instructions and a process video are included in the write up to do this digitally!

Age range: 8+

Supplies Needed: Shuffles by Pinterest app, Canva, Adobe Express, or any digital collage creator if done digitally. Physical collage materials: magazine clippings, images, paper, scissors, glue

Uses: This month’s intervention is a fun and different way to use collaboration that can highlight communication styles and interpretation

Artistic Skills Needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: Full instructions and a process video are included in the write up to do this digitally!

Age range: 6+

Diagnosis: Any!

Supplies Needed: Paper, writing utensil, If you are doing this digitally, Canva, MS Paint simulator, or any creation website or app

Uses: This month’s intervention is a simple and easy technique to help clients focus on relaxation, mindfulness, and stress relief. It can be taught to clients to use as a coping skill or it can be used in session to help regulate a client’s emotions and body.

Artistic Skills Needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: Full instructions and a process video are included in the write up to do this digitally!

Age range: 6+

Diagnosis: Any!

Supplies Needed: Paper, water, watercolor paint (colored pencils, chalk or oil pastels can also be used), acrylic paint, paintbrush, toilet paper roll or a plastic (bendable ideally) cup, optional: hair dryer. If you are doing this digitally, Canva, MS Paint simulator, or any creation website or app

Uses: This month’s intervention is a great way to help illustrate and talk about sitting with our emotions and how they can be complicated and overlapping!

Artistic Skills Needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: Full instructions and a process video are included in the write up to do this digitally!

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: Paint Chips, marker/pen/permanent writing instrument. optional: paper and glue

Uses: This is a great intervention for identifying emotions, a new coping strategy, and creative expression

Artistic skills needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: To make this telehealh friendly you could either mail your clients paint chips in an envelope or you can use digital paint chips (links for that are in the post!)

Age range: 2+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: Stiff board (I used a chalkboard from the Dollar Store, but a clipboard, cut up binder, etc would work well as an alternative!), Sensory friendly textures, textiles, items, etc (Depending on which supplies you have available, this can change but here is what I used: Car washing mit, Felt, Loofah, Sandpaper, Disposable feather duster, Brillo pad, Lego baseplate, Reversible sequin fabric, Paper wrapping bow), fabric tape or adhesive (I used no-heat adhesive fabric tape to stick everything to the board and I was very, very happy with the results), scissors, ruler, paint marker or any writing item appropriate for the board you choose

Uses: This is a great intervention for grounding and sensory stimulation for any aged clients, I love and use mine regularly!

Artistic skills needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: With advanced preparation, you could have your client find and bring sensory textures in their home to arrange and utilize. This could also be done as “homework”. Another option would be if you are comfortable mailing your clients art materials, you could send a sensory care package of items to create a version of this.

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: Rocks, Depending on which version you choose to do: Sharpie, paint, yarn, toothpick or a yarn needle (they aren’t sharp!), glue

Uses: This is a great intervention for terminating with clients

Telehealth Modifications: With advanced preparation, you could have your client find and bring a rock to session. I would likely only do either the drawing or wrapping on a telehealth session, unless the client already knows how to weave.

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any. This works well with individuals, couples, and families!

Supplies Needed: paper, sharpie, pen, pencil, etc

Uses: This is a great intervention/game to illustrate to clients how quickly we can jump to conclusions and what can happen when we do so. It is presented in a fun, lighthearted way but still gets the point across!

Telehealth Modifications: This intervention can be done easily in person or via telehealth, no modifications needed

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: Paper, watercolors, markers, colored pencils, any art supply can work here, (If using watercolors: paint brushes, water, paper towels) Canva, if doing this digitally

Uses: This can be a way to talk about grief with clients to help conceptualize and visualize grief. Grief can be so complicated, with the emotions often swirling, changing, moving, and are hard to describe. Clouds can be a simple representation of this.

Telehealth Modifications: This intervention can be done digitally in Canva, and all of the instructions are in the write up already!

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: Paper. printer (or you could draw and write the images and words with your client if you don’t have access to a printer), packing tape, acrylic paint, dish soap, paintbrush, something to mix paint in/on

Uses: This intervention is helpful for clients who don’t know what coping skills to use or doesn’t often think of their coping skills when they need them the most

Telehealth Modifications: This intervention cannot be fully adapted for telehealth BUT I did create a digital version of sorts for you and your clients to use, and you can access it in the full post!

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any, but great for any clients who have sensory aversions or clients who get overstimulated by an open or vague intervention

Supplies Needed: Canva (free version or paid version) or any other software you may have/prefer that can create digital collages

Uses: This is great to help clients further process a strong emotion, and it also can give some structure if a client is too overwhelmed by the openness of a loosely structured vision board or collage. This is also a great alternative to making a physical collage if a client has sensory aversions to glue and paper/magazines

Telehealth Modifications: This intervention is completely digital and perfect for telehealth or in person sessions

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: 2 sheets of plain paper, any art material such as crayons, markers, colored pencils, paint, etc. (I used crayons for the example), scissors (optional) ,glue (optional)

Uses: This can be used to help clients visualize how to make space or take space for themselves during stressful and/or busy times.

Artistic skills needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: This intervention lends itself well to Telehealth with minimal preparation/materials needed on the client’s end.

Age range: 5+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: Leaves, plain paper, washable/acrylic paint and/or colored pencils, paint brush, surface covering

Uses: Utilizing Autumn as a metaphor for change, growth, rebirth, and more can be powerful in our work with clients.

Telehealth Modifications: The third variation of this intervention is ideal for Telehealth

Age range: 7+

Diagnosis: Any but works very well with ADHD, OCD, and anxiety

Supplies Needed: Brain outline, colored pencils, colored or plain pen, pencil, any writing utensil

Uses: This intervention is in honor of ADHD awareness month! It is a great way to help any client (not just those with ADHD) visualize all of the thoughts that are taking space up in their brain.

Artistic skills needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: None! This intervention is great for Telehealth.

Age range: 8+

Diagnosis: Any

Supplies Needed: Plain paper, watercolor paint, paint brushes, water, straw, markers or pen

Uses: This intervention is another that takes teaching a breathing technique and linking it to an art intervention. These can be so helpful to help clients remember and connect to a breathing technique, and hopefully increase the likelihood that they will use it!

Artistic skills needed: None!

Telehealth Modifications: Advanced notice and preparation needed, younger client would need parent support