Katydid Cards: Emotional Processing Toolkit

About the Katydid Cards Emotional Processing Toolkit:

My hope in creating this toolkit is so that you might find connections that will in turn help you to become more emotionally intelligent, self-aware and skilled in regulating emotions. May we develop the capacity to become skilled at regulating and communicating our needs and emotions.

-Katie Watts, M.Ed.

There are nine suggested activities that connect to all five core SEL competencies as identified by CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional learning.

These practices can be done alone, with a partner or friend or facilitated by a teacher, coach or therapist. It helps to journal or keep notes as you build your emotional awareness.

It is specifically designed for anyone and everyone-all ages and stages-seeking to understand and regulate their emotions.

(A few words of caution for those with trauma: The process of feeling emotions and how our bodies experience them can feel worse before you experience the benefits of becoming more emotionally aware. If you begin experiencing major distress as part of any of these exercises, please work with a therapist to process.)