Recently, we received the following feedback after our Gefühlsmonster Intensiv-Workshop (held in German): “Thank you very much again for the cheerful and inspirational exchange regarding the Gefühlsmonsters. My scepticism towards the monsters is gone. Last night, after the workshop, I met up with some friends and told them excitedly about the many ways the cards […]
Young Adults
Use in an anti-bullying unit
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 […]
Self-management for young adults
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 […]
The story of Sara
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 […]
Classics with feeling
Here is a report from a German secondary school: “Yesterday I discovered and used the Gefühlsmonster cards for a new application. In seventh grade, we’re currently working on Goethe’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”. We tried to imagine the state of mind of the sorcerer’s apprentice, to perceive how it significantly changes during the ballad and we […]