ARFID My Food Feelings Map

My Food Feelings Map — Art Therapy Workbook for Children (Printable PDF)

An art therapy workbook that helps children explore their relationship with food through drawing, colouring, and gentle reflection — without pressure, shame, or the need to find the right words. Built for therapists working with food anxiety, picky eating, and mealtime distress, and warm enough for children to move through independently.

WHAT'S INSIDE:

Sectioned learning:

• Food zone mapping (safe, tricky, and not-yet foods)

• Body awareness activities

• Somatic body mapping

• Worry externalisation

• Narrative storytelling

• Before-and-after reflection.

Interactive pages:

• Draw-your-own activities (Food Landscape, Food Superhero, Food Story panels) 

• Prompt cards for sensory exploration 

• Feelings faces · safe food recipe page 

• Mealtime visualisation

Named favourites:

• My Body Map

• My Food Zone Map

• My Food Feelings Cards

• My Brave Steps Chart

• My Mealtime Toolkit

• My Calm-Down Plan

• A Letter to My Food

• A Meal I Could Imagine

Therapist tools:

• Embedded therapist notes on every clinical page

• Debrief prompts for externalising work

• Exposure step tracking

• Co-regulation planning

• Child-and-caregiver agreement page

PERFECT FOR:

Therapists, occupational therapists, play therapists, and school counsellors working with children experiencing food anxiety, sensory food aversion, ARFID-adjacent presentations, or mealtime distress. Also well-suited for parents supporting a child through food-related worry at home.

DETAILS:

Format: Printable PDF (US Letter + A4) · Fillable PDF also included
Length: 16 pages
Level: Designed for children; accessible language throughout · therapist-guided or parent-supported use

WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE:

Every page holds space for the child's actual experience — not a corrected version of it. The activities move from body awareness to brave steps to future hope, so children finish with something to hold onto, not just something to reflect on.

PLEASE NOTE:

Digital product — no physical item will be shipped. Personal use only. All sales are final.