My Inner World-Therapy card deck

Feelings, Thoughts & Identity

A therapeutic card deck created to help SEND and neurodivergent children explore, express and communicate their inner world.

Many children experience feelings, thoughts and emotions that are difficult to explain, especially children who are autistic, ADHD or process the world differently. These cards have been designed to gently support children in expressing experiences they may not yet have the words for.

Using simple language and meaningful visual imagery, My Inner World helps children explore:

✨ feelings and emotions

✨ self-understanding and identity

✨ overwhelm and anxiety

✨ inner experiences and thoughts

✨ feeling misunderstood or different

✨ confidence, connection and emotional expression

The cards can help open safe, meaningful conversations between children and the adults supporting them.

They are designed to support children in feeling:

💛 seen

💛 understood

💛 heard

Suitable for use by:

• parents and carers

• therapists and counsellors

• teachers and teaching assistants

• SEND staff and pastoral teams

• other professionals supporting children

These cards are especially helpful for children who:

• struggle to talk about feelings

• find verbal communication difficult

• mask emotions

• keep things inside

• experience emotional overwhelm

• feel misunderstood by others

Created by a neurodivergent child psychotherapist, these cards were developed from real therapeutic work with children and young people.