Here you will find news relating to the Gefühlsmonsters and ideas for using them, notices about workshops, user feedback and much more.
Yesterday I met a psychologist who has been working with the Gefühlsmonster® cards for the last two years. Her statement: autistic children are very fast and precise in capturing other people’s feelings by chosing the appropriate Monster card! She lets children and young people identify the Gefühlsmonsters for their family members, sharing this view with […]
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This feedback from a school just arrived today: “On Monday I used the Gefühlsmonster Cards in an anti-bullying unit. The students were asked to pick a card in the beginning of the class which represents their feelings on the topic of bullying. One student chose a happy, cool monster. After being asked about the reason […]
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Look what happened when a processwork friend of ours went to eat in a Swiss restaurant and talked with a friend about the Gefühlsmonster® cards: “Me and my friend went to have dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Zurich near the Volkshaus looking for some good food at a reasonable price. After dinner I took […]
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A teenage girl wrote: “I have borderline personality disorder and use the cards in the therapy to express and name my feelings (since that is sometimes quite difficult). At home, I have a transparent envelope at the door where I always tick the card that best expresses my feeling at the moment; so my parents […]
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Ms. Schroeter-Rupieper works in her grief support groups with the Gefühlsmonster cards and has provided us with this story of Sara: “Sara’s mum has been in a coma for the last six months after a heart attack. In grief counselling, she is asked if she can find a card which describes the current feelings for […]
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