Here are my Top 10 Pinterest Boards, specifically for
counselors. Any of these can be use
specifically in crisis, or with children and families in general, or really
with any clients in general. I give each
and every one of these boards 5 STARS because I think all of the resources are
great, and with Pinterest it’s easy to pick and choose what you want to
use! So.... Enjoy!
1.
Counseling Tools
by Lisa Nieves
This pinterest board provides great
resources for counselors who need fresh, innovative and creative ideas to use
with clients. One example provided that
I personally pinned is this Behavior reflection. It helps children understand their behaviors,
how they are not okay, their feelings in relation to the behavior, and how they
can change the behavior. Great CBT work
right here!
2.
Psychology/Social Work
This pinterest board provides tools for
counseling to further their knowledge and understanding of different counseling
topics. For example, below is a diagram
of attachment styles that is clear and concise and easy to understand,
explaining how the parent and child react in different parenting styles.
3.
Psychotherapy, Psychology, and Wellness Blogs, Videos,
Slideshare & Books
This board provides items you can provide
your clients to help improve their moods and give them some skills to relax and
cope. This is more of an inspirational
board, as you can see from this pin with the following quote, “Sometimes what
you’re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.” I myself like finding these type of
inspirational quotes on Pinterest! With
over 1365 pins on this board, there’s a lot to look through!
4.
Counseling and Mental Health Tips and Tools
I like how this board discusses different
presenting problems we may see as counselors, and tools we can use to help
clients overcome these presenting problems.
I think that this pin in particular about Positive Thinking is a great
visual to see how we can change our thoughts and utilize meditation to overcome
any negative thoughts. It also briefly
describes the different types of thinking errors or cognitive distortions.
5.
Psychoeducational Self-Help Worksheets/Handouts
If you haven’t noticed at this point, the
last 3 boards are all from the same Pinner, but differentiated based on topic
and utility. Here are some great
worksheets and handouts anyone can use if they were to come across this board,
as well as what we as counselors can use to provide our clients. Most of these pins require that you click on
the pin to then be taken to the webpage that it was taken from. For instance, this pin, when clicked on,
brings you to a three part video series, but you have to make sure to click on
the pin as the videos don’t show up on Pinterest alone!
6.
Psychology ~ love it
This board provides a lot of great resources
specifically for counselors working with children! I love the ideas I have found on this board
and have implemented some of them myself, including this idea for Jenga, where
you write questions or feelings words on the pieces which the person that then
chooses that piece must answer or describe.
This is very effective with kids!
7.
Anxiety/Stress Counseling
Something many people deal with following
crisis or trauma is anxiety and/or stress.
Here is a great board for activities, skills, and resources for anxiety
and stress counseling. Here is an
example of “tossing away your anxiety” with a paper airplane. This is great! It’s something creative for
kids to do, and also gets them talking about their anxieties!
8.
Counseling
Here is another board with information and
resources for counseling that easily describes things we must all know
about! For example, here is an
easy-to-read and appealing look at antidepressant medications that are common
and their side effects. If you have
clients worried about medications, or want to know more information, this would
be a great handout!
9.
Mental Health
I have pinned from this board
frequently. This is particularly useful
for working with children. I
particularly like the emotion thermometer.
There are quite a variety of versions of thermometers you can use, but
this was breaks it down quite easily. Even
more so, you can utilize this one for specific instances that happened where
you need a feel of where on the scale they are in that moment or when something
in particular occurred.
10.
Counseling
Lastly, I wanted to put in a little push for
my own Counseling Pinterest board! I have yet to come up with some sort of
clever name for the board, but I feel as though I’ve found some really great
items on here! There’s nothing in
particular about this board other than I have found some sort of use for
everything there for counseling purposes, whether it be a worksheet/activity,
inspirational quote, or information to look at later. Take a look and enjoy!
