Therapeutic Drawing Garden A trauma-informed educational wellness worksheet for reflection, choice, self-care, and support. Use this at your own pace. Skip, adapt, pause, or stop. You are allowed to choose what fits your body, culture, privacy, energy, safety, access needs, and real-life limits today. A printable reflection and practice resource Created by Michelle D. Elder, MSW, LMHC. This worksheet is a free educational wellness resource from My Reflective Collective. Use what supports you. Skip, pause, adapt, or connect with a licensed therapist, healthcare provider, advocate, or trusted support if reflection brings something up. MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 1. Root Map Draw a small seed or circle. Let roots travel toward people, places, memories, values, sounds, or ordinary things that help you feel connected. I am allowed to begin here. Optional creative wellness practice - not therapy or crisis support. In the U.S., call or text 988 for crisis support. MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 2. River of Breath Draw one long line while breathing out. Add bends, pools, stones, ripples, or places where the river becomes still. I can move without rushing. immediate danger or medical emergency. Call or text 988 in the U.S. or Canada for suicide or mental health crisis support. Copyright Michelle MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 3. Tree of Many Seasons Give one tree bare branches, new buds, full leaves, and falling leaves. Let more than one season exist at the same time. Every season belongs. MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 4. Wing Map Sketch a bird, butterfly, or imagined wing. Fill each section with a choice, boundary, hope, or next step that belongs to you. My choices can have wings. MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 5. Garden of Small Safety Draw a garden made only of sensory details that feel neutral or supportive: texture, shade, sound, warmth, space, color, or quiet. Peace can be practiced. MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 6. Stone Path Draw stepping-stones. Write one manageable action on each stone. Leave generous space between them. A small step is still a step. MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 7. Weather Circle Fill a circle with the weather of this moment. Add one opening where light may enter. I can make room for change. MY REFLECTIVE COLLECTIVE DRAWING GARDEN 8. Breathing Canopy Draw branches upward on each inhale and leaves on each exhale. Stop whenever the canopy feels complete enough. I rise with purpose. danger or medical emergency. Call or text 988 in the U.S. or Canada for suicide or mental health crisis support. Copyright Michelle D. Elder, MSW, LMHC. My Reflective Collective. More free My Reflective Collective tools Printable links below. The worksheet wording itself is unchanged. Scan the QR code or use the first link to open this worksheet online. The online reader can support read-aloud tools and browser translation. 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