Imagine a child comes to you, hiding something behind their silence. Their eyes are slightly dim, their shoulders tense, and their favorite game is staying quiet. What do you do?

How do you approach without scaring them, overwhelming, or intruding too rudely into their world?

This is where the “Therapeutic Hedgehog” comes in. It is not just a set of materials but a carefully assembled support kit that helps professionals work with children who have experienced stress, loss, forced displacement, or simply a difficult period of adaptation.

This hedgehog is not only soft to the touch, but it also creates a safe space where the child can gradually remove their “spikes.” Through fairy tales, drawings, emotional cards, and exercises, the child learns to recognize, name, and experience their feelings. And also to imagine, play, and invent new things. Themselves — in a new, less anxious world.

What Makes This Kit Special?

It does not impose or teach from a manual. It invites children to play, to co-create, and to engage in dialogue.
Fairy tales open the door to emotions that are hard to face directly.
Coloring and art books stimulate imagination when words are not enough.
Cards with emotions and motivations help children see themselves across a spectrum of feelings, not just in the shadow of anxiety.

The new methodology, “The Hedgehog Who Found Himself” (coming soon), is another step toward the inner “I can” that is so necessary in a world after loss.

Who Is It For?

For anyone working with children: psychologists, educators, trauma therapists, pediatricians, social workers, and others.
For those who want to see not just the symptom, but the child behind it. And help them breathe more freely again.

“Therapeutic Hedgehog” is not about a method. It is about a relationship. About a gentle “I am with you” that the child reads between the pages, colors, stories, and gestures.