ABSTRACT
It may also be wise for the therapist and children to discuss which aspects of the collage they are willing to share with their parents, if the children are doing the collage without the parents in the room. Some children may want to share some of the aspects of the collage with their parents or to complete the activity with their parents. Others may not want to share any aspect of their collage with their parents and do it independently. Unless, through this exercise, the therapist discovers the children are in danger, the therapist should ask permission of the children before sharing information with parents for two reasons: First, this maintains trust between the thera-
After the Anger Collage is completed, it is important not to allow the family to leave the session while feeling angry. One suggestion is to continue with a Feel-Good Collage. The FeelGood Collage stems from the same instructions and rationale as the Anger Collage, with one key exception: scraps of paper attached to the collage represent happiness and "feeling good." The clinician explains that in this collage, they focus on feeling good. The clinician can ask family members to go first this time. Again, after a statement is made about something that makes a person happy or feels good, a scrap of paper is secured to the second collage. Continue taking turns until the end of the activity.
