Emotion card deck
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visual emotion cards
- 124 emotion cards
- 14 supplementary cards
- 16 exercises
It is often hard to put into words what we feel — and behind "I'm fine" or "I feel bad" there can be many different feelings.
The én|kép visual emotion cards help to recognise, name and share these feelings. They work with words and images at the same time.
Word and image together
Each of the 124 cards carries the name of a feeling or bodily sensation, and a paint blot we painted by hand and then digitised. The word helps with naming. The blot speaks to the pre-verbal, visual experience. It is often easier to point to a shape or a colour than to put a difficult experience into words.
The deck is built on seven basic emotion groups:
- joy
- surprise
- boredom
- fear
- anger
- disgust
- sadness
A marker on the edge of each card shows its group, so the deck can be sorted in moments.
Try it
Draw a card.
The same feeling starts a completely different conversation next to the "I haven't felt this in a long time" card than next to "I find it hard to allow myself this".
optimistic
worried
excited
betrayed
burdened
playful
nauseous
uncertain
oppressed
raging
content
I haven't felt this in a long time
this is what I feel right now
I'm afraid of this feeling
this is what I see in you
I find it hard to allow myself this
Supplementary cards
A frame around the feeling.
The 14 supplementary cards give a frame to the chosen feeling. They belong to five themes:
- Timewhen is the feeling present?
- Understandinghow well do I know it?
- My relationship to the feelinghow do I handle it?
- Bodywhere does it appear in me?
- Connectionhow do we connect to each other's feelings?
Who is it for?
“How am I arriving today?”
For one-to-one work
Psychological counselling, supportive mental-health conversations, coaching. Use it as a warm-up ("How am I arriving today?"), to work through a particular topic, or as the main focus of a session.
For group work
Trainings, classrooms, therapeutic and mental-health groups. It broadens emotional vocabulary and strengthens group cohesion and members' understanding of one another.
Inside the box.
- Cards
- 124 emotion cards and 14 supplementary cards, 138 cards in total
- Card size
- 80 × 120 mm
- Box
- Sturdy box with magnetic closure
- Guide
- As an e-book (A5, PDF)
The guide
The deck comes with a detailed guide. It offers a short professional introduction to emotions, presents basic and deeper levels of use, and contains 16 tried-and-tested exercises, for example:
- „The story behind the blot”
- „The Body Map of Feelings”
- „Timeline of feelings”
It closes with a question bank and further reading.
The cards are tools for self-discovery and support, not diagnostic or measurement instruments.
Pre-order
Every feeling has its place — in this deck, its colour too.
The card deck is in preparation. Leave your e-mail address and you'll be the first to know when it can be ordered.
Authors: dr. Kolumbán Rita – Tankó-Molnár Emőke
Published by: Fessünk Álmokat Mentálhigiénés Műhely
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