Lego-Based Counseling

LEGO®-Based Counseling is an innovative and dynamic approach to supporting social-emotional learning and development in children in both individual and small group counseling settings. Through hands-on LEGO® activities that incorporate aspects of art and play therapy, children engage in creative expression and explore various social-emotional insights and skills related to:

• Family Changes (Divorce, Trauma, Grief & Loss, Military Deployment, etc.)
• Emotion Management
• Mindfulness
• Friendship and Collaboration
• Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
• Self-Esteem

This book contains detailed lesson plans featuring easy-to-implement LEGO® projects, extension activities, and discussion questions for six 30-minute sessions per topic. It also includes digital files describing 3 more-involved, project-based social skills groups: Social Stories & Comic Books, LEGO® Architecture & Stop-Motion Animation.