Because big emotions deserve big colours, soft spaces, and brave conversations.
Ages: 9–12
Format: Small group counselling
Facilitator: Registered counsellor
Environment: Supportive, creative, and non-judgmental
Art supplies: Provided
No artistic experience required — just curiosity and a willingness to explore. Kids between 9–12 often feel emotions intensely, but they don’t always have the words or tools to understand what’s happening inside them. Frustration, anxiety, sadness, and overwhelm can show up as meltdowns, shutdowns, or behaviour that seems confusing to both kids and parents.
Brave Brushes is a small, supportive counselling group that helps children explore and regulate their emotions through creative expression.
Using art, conversation, and body-based regulation tools, kids learn that emotions are not something to fear or hide — they are something we can understand and work with.
In this group, creativity becomes a bridge between big feelings and meaningful conversations.
Through art activities, gentle discussion, and guided support, children will:
Name and make sense of their emotions
Understanding what they’re feeling is the rst step to managing it.
Learn body-based tools for emotional regulation
Kids will practice simple, practical strategies to calm their bodies when emotions feel overwhelming.
Build confidence talking about feelings
Children learn ways to express their emotions more clearly with parents and other trusted adults.
Realize they’re not alone
Many kids feel relief when they discover other children experience big feelings too.
This group is designed to help children:
This group may be a good fit if your child:
Many parents simply want their child to feel more confident managing their emotions — and to have healthier conversations about feelings at home.
At Juniper Counselling we believe emotional skills are learned through experience, not just discussion.
This group blends:
Children leave with tools they can use at school, at home, and in everyday life. And parents gain new ways to understand and support their child’s emotional world.
Parents often tell us they see changes such as:
When kids learn that feelings are manageable and safe to talk about, it can make a big difference in their confidence and wellbeing.
Children often communicate more easily through creative expression than through words alone.
Art gives kids a way to:
In Brave Brushes, art isn’t about being “good at drawing.”
It’s about exploring emotions in a safe, creative way.
Brave Brushes is offered in the Tri-Cities area, serving families in Coquitlam, Port Moody, and Port Coquitlam.
