1 - 2. Examples from a poster series created for Mental Health Awareness Week 2019, combining collages of self-care ideas with digital typography.

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6 - 7. Example from the poster series reimagined as a postcard book, ‘Just A Little Note To Let You Know..’. This format enables the information and self-care practises to be shared with family and friends in need of it.

8 - 15. The development stages of creating the three-dimensional therapy tools below.

16 - 18. ‘Creative Therapy Tools’. I combined colour theory research with compatible shapes; for example, the yellow jesmonite pyramid alludes to caution signs, as yellow can evoke feelings of anxiety despite being viewed as a positive colour. The tools are designed to be used as physical aids in psychotherapy sessions; people can create scenes using the tools to express themselves visually when words are a struggle.