Children are not sophisticated enough to articulate their thoughts and feelings. I use board games and art to draw out children’s inner concerns.
I interpret the symbolic meaning of their behaviors and projects.
More importantly, the context that came with producing them :
how a child strategizes or not,
how victory or defeat is received,
the child’s voice tone and affect as he was giving the response ,
what’s depicted (or not) in the drawing ,
and how confidently she reached out for the crayons and started working.
I take these behaviors and weave them into the overall narrative that the child may be attempting to tell.
"We are all a paradoxical bundle of rich potential that consists of both neurosis "Infinite nuances are needed if justice is to be done to individual human beings" – Carl Jung
and wisdom" – Pema Chodron