The Feelings Bot was originally created by a 9 - year - old boy in Art Therapy. He was enrolled in Art Therapy to help him process his feelings about parenting time with his dad, and help with the stress of going to court to talk to the judge. His mother always told him, from a very young age, that when your brain is full of feelings you cannot think about anything else. His mom said to him that it is important to talk about your feelings so you don’t explode. We would have this conversation after almost every explosive behavior incident.
At the height of the young boys anger outbursts, his mother shared with his art therapist her concern about his increased short fuse. During one therapy session, his therapist asked him to identify three feelings he wanted to make (he always raided the recycling bin to make his art creations). He picked happy, sad, and mad. The Feelings Bot is his interpretation of mad.
His art has helped him tremendously to understand what a brain full of feelings looks like, what an explosion looks like, and that talking about your feelings really does make you feel better. He learned how to use his words instead of acting out his feelings. Since this creation has helped him so much, together we wanted to help as many kids as possible manage and understand their feelings too! The rest is history!