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This animal thinks your keyboard is a bed and your presence is optional.
What is a cat?
This bright ball of light reminds us that we can always brighten someone’s day.
What is the sun?
Laughing, dancing, and petting a dog all count as this kind of regulation.
What is self-regulation?
When your stomach flips before a big event, you might be feeling this.
What is anxiety?
These quick thoughts pop up uninvited (like your cat during a Zoom call) but are often unsettling or create worry (like your cat stepping on your keyboard and turning off your computer in the middle of the Zoom call)
What are intrusive thoughts?
Penguins do this to stay warm, and it’s also something we might do when we need emotional connection or comfort.
What is cuddling?
Trees shed their leaves every year, a reminder that this process can be healthy for people too.
What is letting go?
If you’re laughing at something, you might type this online.
When tears fall and hearts ache, this emotion shows love still matters.
What is grief?
In DBT, this is the middle ground between logic mind and emotion mind.
What is wise mind?
This slow-moving animal reminds us that healing and growth don’t need to happen fast.
What is a sloth?
This natural event involves both thunder and lightning, which can display our anger and mixed-up thoughts.
What is a thunderstorm?
Knock, Knock. Who's there? Banana. Banana Who? Knock Knock. Who's there? Banana. Banana Who? Knock Knock. Who's There?
Want the rest of the joke? This fruit shares its name with a color, offers vitamin C boost for our immune system, and finishes this joke without using the word Banana.
What is an orange?
When we feel this, we often slow down, breathe, and maybe hug a sloth.
What is calm?
These are the 5 Heartstrings of Connection that bring us closer together in healthy relationships.
What are Bond, Trust, Respect, Willingness, and Focus?
This animal has excellent memory, and could probably remind you where you left your phone.
What is an elephant?
These colorful lights dance across the polar skies, proving that beauty often follows darkness.
What are the northern lights?
If a therapist had a favorite type of bread, it might be this one, because it’s all about kneading.
What is sourdough?
This word means being able to see the lighter side of life, or continuing to move towards growth, even in tough times.
What is resilience?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps people meet their inner cast of characters, known as these.
What are parts?
This majestic animal helps humans heal in therapy due to being herd animals that seek connection while also being prey animals that are aware of emotional or energy shifts.
What is a horse?
This process helps plants make energy, and helps therapists make metaphors about growth.
You can “catch” this but can’t throw it back, and if you have it, it might make it really hard to regulate your emotions or to be upbeat.
What is a cold?
The skill of noticing what you feel or are thinking without judgment or reacting to it, like watching clouds pass by.
What is mindfulness?
The bond of safety and trust between therapist and client. Also known as “the therapy friendship.”
What is rapport?