Scenario Cards — Feelings & Coping

Feelings that arrive before there are words for them.

Anger with nowhere to go, sadness with no cause, worry about something they can't control, and the moment their coping stops working.

Each card opens with a watercolour illustration and a handwritten caption. On the back: a short scenario in the client's own voice, four things they might realistically do, and a discussion prompt that moves the card from what happened to what it means.

The outcome reference sheet stays with you, so you decide when and whether to share what tends to follow each choice. No option is the correct one — every choice carries something, and that's where the conversation starts.

Kids and Teen are separately written and illustrated, not the same cards with harder words. The Teen edition goes further: anger that frightens them, rumination, isolation that makes things worse, and using something unhealthy to cope.

Specifications

• 12 cards per edition, portrait 4.25 × 5.5 in
• Laminated cardstock, wet-erase, rounded corners
• Outcome reference sheet included (clinician copy)
• Kids Edition: ages 5 to 12 · Teen Edition: adolescents

Not an assessment. Clinician-facilitated reflection tool for use alongside treatment. Produces no score; not intended for standalone or self-directed use.