Orange Hippos! The Mood Card Box 2: Understand Deep Emotions - 50 Cards and Booklet

Very useful if you have difficulty knowing how to explain the way you feel. I struggle with anxiety, depression, BPD, PTSD, and dissociative episodes and these are excellent to help me explain how I feel or the reasons for my actions to my partner, and to understand myself better, especially if I shut down due to anxiety and racing thoughts. Only thing I will say is that these would be most useful when used with the original box, as on its own you notice key emotions and descriptors missing - which of course are in the original box. First used Mood Cards with my counsellor and they helped so much that I bought my own and this expansion box - so any professionals considering these... They do really help especially if you are working with someone who gets stuck for what to say or how to describe how they feel (a lot of the time I wouldn't know how I felt until I went through the cards, and they helped me make sense of how I was feeling).

I like the extra prompts that you get on the back of each card. Dropped score to a 4* becauseyou can't tell from the picture what the emotion it's trying to depict is (unlike other cards and emojis) but it is written, on the front, what the emotion is, so a good buy 👍

It was with some excitement that I awaited the arrival of this new set of mood cards. The first set was excellent, and this second set looks to be even better! I really like the packaging and the way the drawer slides out like a little treasure chest. These cards are a natural progression to the first pack, in that they explore an additional host of emotions . This gives either the therapist or the client a wider range of things to explore. As with the first pack, I find the both questions and the affirmations on the back of the cards very helpful. This pack will be an invaluable addition to facilitate further internal exploration and potential healing, and a very useful tool to have in therapy sessions.

We have found that these cards work very well for my son who is both profoundly deaf and autistic to express his emotions.The drawings are simple and they easily identify emotions.The message on the back of each card helps explain how to come to terms with the emotion.The counsellor working with my son has found that these cards have helped him to identify issues that he has not been able to express before.

I work as a leadership coach and these cards open up opportunites for clients to talk about their feelings. I bought them for one particular client and have now used them with many. I though leaders might think them a little childish but they really like the pictures and several have gone on to buy their own packs. With mental health awareness so important, these give clients permission to take time to check in with their moods and then talk about what they notice.