To increase awareness about the importance of following your interests and challenging yourself as a way to set you apart, and to discourage relying on boredom as a way to avoid these challenges.

To increase knowledge about a technique which is a combination of both psychoanalytic and social learning concepts, encouraging children with dysfunctional behavior to pay attention to their inner voices as a way to gain a sense of self-control and assurance.

To increase knowledge about the relationship values of trustworthiness and clarity in communication.

To increase knowledge about a technique in which poetry is used as a catalyst to bring emotions to a higher level of self-awareness, and to give insight into problems relevant to therapy discussion.

To practice making positive rather than negative self-talk statements, based on self-reflection of positive experiences as a way to build self-esteem.

To offer parents a tool to record all positive behaviors exhibited weekly by a child; a tool for therapists to reinforce positive behaviors between sessions through verbal praise or in-session rewards.

To identify and practice positive communication skills to enhance parenting.

To help fearful and shy children focus on why self-degrading statements may not be true, and ways to reframe these statements in a more positive way.