FAQ: Therapy card decks

Therapy Card Decks are tools used to facilitate emotional healing, self-awareness, and personal growth through structured prompts, exercises, or reflections. Each card provides a therapeutic question, scenario, or activity aimed at helping individuals explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. These decks are based on various therapeutic approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), or mindfulness practices, and are used to support mental and emotional well-being.

These decks are used by therapists, counselors, life coaches, and individuals seeking to improve their mental health or work through emotional challenges. They are popular in both one-on-one therapy sessions and group therapy settings. People who engage in self-help, personal development, or are working through specific mental health issues may also use these decks for self-guided reflection and healing.

You use these decks to promote self-reflection, develop coping strategies, and gain insight into your emotions and behaviors. The cards provide a structured yet flexible way to address issues like anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship challenges. They help break down complex emotional topics into manageable steps, offering tools for healing and personal growth. The decks encourage mindful awareness and are designed to foster emotional regulation and resilience.

To use the deck, you draw one or more cards, either randomly or based on a specific issue you want to address. Each card offers a therapeutic prompt, exercise, or reflection question that guides you through a process of self-exploration or emotional processing. In therapy sessions, the therapist may use the cards to stimulate discussion or to focus on particular areas of concern. When used individually, the cards can inspire journaling, mindfulness practices, or personal reflection exercises aimed at improving emotional well-being over time.

SIMPLE TRUTHS

UNTANGLE HIDDEN ISSUES

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‘Simple Truths’ is a deck of cards designed to help you think about your relationships, be those relationships with people (partner, parent, colleague, etc) or things (money, work, the future, etc).

The deck is divided into two suits, each made up of 100 cards displaying a single sentence:

The red ‘tangled’ sentences represent the thoughts that may be holding you back in a relationship. For example, ‘There’s a limit to my love,’ ‘I would rather dream than act’, ‘I don’t deserve to win’.

The green ‘untangled’ sentences express thoughts that may be more constructive. For example, ‘I will open the door’, ‘I will share my secret’, ‘No more theories, just the facts’.

You are invited to focus on a particular relationship, and then choose up to three red ‘tangled’ cards and three green ‘untangled’ cards. You read the sentences and reflect on how they apply to the relationship in question. Where is the truth?

In some cases, the sentences might confirm what you were already thinking. In other cases, they might name something of which you were only dimly aware. They might challenge your assumptions. They might even get you to rethink the relationship altogether.

There is no limit to how many relationships you can think about with the cards. The two hundred sentences should give you everything you need to express what is hindering those relationships and how to help them.

Mental Toughness

SELF-EFFICACY / COMMITMENT / ATTITUDE / RESILIENCE / FOCUS / EMOTIONAL AGILITY

SINGLE DECK

Have you ever wondered how do some people continually strive towards their personal and professional goals year after year while others give up on them? How do those people stay strong and persevere when there is so much stacked against them? So how did they do it? They were simply not deterred by the uncertainties and difficulties they faced, but they embraced them and learn from them. Adversities are an inherent part of our existence. Consequently, our ability to overcome hardships and take action against unpredicted challenges has always been crucial for the survival of our species, as well as for the development of modern society.
The Mental Toughness cards are designed to help you navigate challenges and obstacles and become more confident in the face of adversity. Grounded in research, the MT cards follow the SCARFE™ Model for MT and are themed on 6 domains: Self-efficacy, Commitment, Attitude, Resilience, Focus, and Emotional Agility.
The MT cards help individual to identify the resilience they already have in their lives and recognise why building MT is vital to coping with difficulties.
The MT cards give information, questions, action points, and tips that can be used in a wide range of conversations and activities.
You can use the cards in teams, pairs, and individually. A MUST tool for individuals, coaches, managers.

With photos by Mandy Seligman

Simply Self-Wonderful

CELEBRATING THE GIFTS OF BEING UNIQUELY YOU!

SINGLE DECK

Self-Wonderful is the gift of being uniquely you!
It’s not strange to love yourself with all your heart.
It’s absolutely essential!

The longest relationship you will have in your life is the one with yourself!
Self-love isn’t always easy. There’s no Self-Love destination. It’s an ongoing journey you take with yourself. And self-love doesn’t demand perfection either. Just trying to take one step at a time is more than enough. You’ve got this!

The Simply Self-Wonderful Deck will help you love yourself. Using 33 Self-Wonderfuls and 32 Self-Woundings you will discover the Self-Wonderful gifts you already have and the Self-Woundings that can be turned into gifts to be the Simply Self-Wonderful YOU!

The Simply Self-Wonderful Deck is for you to:

o Love yourself more
o Attract people who are kinder to you
o Get unstuck
o Open areas in your life you thought were closed
o Release things that have blocked you
o Gain more energy in life
o Move with more ease and grace

The Simply Self-Wonderful Card Deck is for you if you:
• Have a hard time receiving a compliment or taking credit for your work,
• Can’t make things work out for you and you don’t know why,
• Shy away from following your desires and dreams,
• Lose sight of your abilities, skills, strengths, and talents,
• Question your own credibility,
• Feel resigned that things will never get better,
• Have troubled or short-lived, or very few relationships,
• Don’t feel you are good enough for others,
• Constantly put others needs before your own,
• Tend to have darker moods and tend towards anxiety and depression,
• Think about harming yourself to relieve uncomfortable emotions,
• Are immobilized by doubt, fear, or indecision,
• Struggle with true expressions of love.

Creator:

Judy Slater

Discover Card Deck's Why (Why Decks Series)

28 FUN WAYS TO INTEGRATE CARDS IN YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

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Exploring the many way card decks help us life happier lives

Let's Explore 28 Types of Card Deck Usage.

Coaching & Education

  • Learn a new skill: Use cards as flashcards for language learning, coding, or other subjects.
  • Get mentally & physically fit: Create card games to exercise the mind and body.
  • Dare to create something: Use cards as prompts for writing, drawing, or crafting.
  • Test & refresh your memory: Play card games to improve memory and cognitive function.

Creativity & Ideation

  • Get inspired: Use cards as a source of inspiration for creative projects or problem-solving.
  • Get creative & brainstorm: Use cards for brainstorming, mind mapping, or idea generation.
  • Combine options in new ways: Use cards to create unique combinations and explore possibilities.
  • Creative writing: Use cards as prompts for writing exercises or stories.

Workplace Facilitation

  • Plan your future: Use cards for goal setting, vision boarding, or time management.
  • Nurture culture in the workplace: Use cards for team-building activities or icebreakers.
  • Give and get feedback: Use cards for anonymous feedback or appreciation sharing.

Wellness & therapy

  • Reflect deeply on life: Use cards for journaling prompts or meditation.
  • Nurture your focus & concentration: Use card games or solitaire to improve focus.
  • Practice a therapeutic modality: Use cards for art therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, or other modalities.
  • Build rituals & healthy habits: Use cards to create daily or weekly routines.

Prompts & Choices

  • To check in with your values: Use cards for value clarification or alignment exercises.
  • Get mentally unstuck: Use cards for problem-solving or decision-making.
  • Evaluate your life priorities: Use cards for life assessment or goal setting.
  • To put things in sequence: Use cards for planning or organizing tasks.

Challenges & Entertainment

  • To get social and join others in a challenge: Create card-based challenges or competitions.
  • Play games & join challenges: Enjoy classic or innovative card games.
  • Have fun building healthy habits: Use cards for gamified habit tracking.
  • Fend off depression or sadness: Use cards for mood boosting activities or distractions.

Spirituality, Oracle & Tarot

  • To get spiritual: Use cards for tarot readings, oracle card readings, or meditation.
  • To create a vision board: Use cards as visual representations of goals and dreams.
  • To ask a question: Use cards for divination or seeking guidance.
  • To manifest dreams: Use cards for visualization or intention setting.

Additional Ideas

  • Explore the 28 ways we can use card decks: This list itself can be a starting point for further exploration and creativity.

Creator:

Nick Kellet

NLP タロット

JAPANESE NLP TAROT

SINGLE DECK

タロット占い簡易版: タロット占いは、「未来に何が起こるか」やあなたがどうすべきかを告げるものではない。それは、ランダムに選んだカードそれぞれの意味(として示唆されたもの)を、(ある程度「直観的に」)使って解釈することにより、新しい独創的な洞察が無意識の心からたち現れるのを可能とするのだ。このためには、「もし私が…したなら、どうなるか?」とか「この特定の領域で、今私の人生に起こっていることは何か?」というように質問する(イエス・ノー・クエスチョンは避ける)。それからカードをシャッフル・カットする。簡単な3枚スプレッドでは、あらかじめ3枚のカードの位置の意味を決めておく(例:現在の状況‐課題‐チャンス、あるいはリソース‐足りないもの‐解決法、または過去‐現在‐未来、など)

NLPのコーチング・セッションには7つの主要なステップがある (RESOLVE).。これらはリチャード・ボルスタッドの本「リゾルブ」に詳しく説明されている。このカードにおいては、NLPの勉強をしたことのない人のためにプロセスを簡略化してある。もしあなたがNLPの勉強をしたことがあるなら、自分の知っているもっと詳細なプロセスを行いたいと思うかもしれない。 タロットの22枚の大アルカナは、リゾルブモデルの7つのステップが対応する、変化の各段階をあらわしている. - リチャード・ボルスタッド

Card Deck Genres:

LEARNING & COACHING , THERAPY , TAROT

Pick-a-Postcard: Metaphors for Life Reflection Deck

METAPHORIC REFLECTION CARDS TO INSPIRE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT, CONVERSATION, GROUP FACILITATION, COACHING, TEACHING AND GOAL SETTING