Emotional Awareness · EA-06
What My Emotion Is Telling Me
Explore what an emotion may be signaling and choose how you want to respond.
Clinician-created · facilitator review requiredFor clinician-facilitated use
This is a professional resource, not a child-facing online service. A licensed clinician or other qualified adult must determine suitability, explain and adapt the activity, and supervise its use. Do not direct a child to access this webpage independently or enter client information.
The full-resolution WebP includes print-safe margins and should be downloaded by an adult professional. Read the guidance below before using the page.
How to use it
- Notice an emotion that is present or choose a recent example.
- Consider a possible message, need, or value connected with it.
- Choose a response that fits your situation; you may leave any section blank.
Reflection prompts
- What is one possible message this emotion carries?
- What other explanations might also fit?
- What response feels respectful of you and others?
Facilitator guidance
Frame emotions as information that may be useful but incomplete. Support multiple interpretations and distinguish an emotional signal from an instruction to act.
Adaptations & accessibility
- Complete one panel at a time or discuss the prompts aloud.
- Use icons for notice, message, need, and choice.
- Offer a fictional scenario instead of personal disclosure.
Professional-use review
Standard licensed-clinician review required before use.
