Daphne the Diamond Fairy and the Catwalk Catastrophe is an interactive and engaging children’s book of detailed illustrations and drawings. This interactive book began with pictures of Daphne’s stylish boutique of demure and opulent dresses, hats, and shoes. Daphne’s dresses are individually made and stitched with sparkling diamonds. Due to her creativity, diligent work, and beautiful designs, Daphne received a special invitation to make six dresses for Queenie Quartz’s fashion show. Daphne included her friends to model her beautiful dresses. Seeing her friend’s beauty, Daphne became jealous and eliminated her friends. She decided to model each dress. Overwhelmed with a huge task, Daphne made amends to her friends. Despite being disappointed and hurt, her friends forgave her and helped her win. 

Daphne the Diamond Fairy and the Catwalk Catastrophe can be utilized in counseling to help explore friendship and social relationship development and maintenance. Daphne’s supportive friendships were sabotaged by her emotional jealousy causing cognitive distortion and emotional dysregulation (“They’ll look better on me than you”). Counselors can explore the effects of isolation and emotional harm that occurred and examine Daphne’s complex task and greater likelihood of failure without her friends support. Clients can explore the healing power of apology needed to restore harmonious relationships as Daphne stated “I know now I was wrong, I’m sorry for being selfish.” Lastly, counselors can highlight the positive effects of forgiveness (“the things that sparkled most of all was the friendship that they shared”).