Feelings jar

This resource is designed to be used by younger children as feelings diary. Children can write their feelings inside the designated rectangles, cut them out, and place them into the jar. This allows them to reflect on their emotions, promoting emotional awareness and expression. It can be used in therapy sessions to initiate conversations around feelings and build emotional literacy.

References and Further Reading

  • Cohen, J.S., Edmunds, J.M., Brodman, D.M., Benjamin, C.L., Kendall, P.C. (2013). Using self-monitoring: implementation of collaborative empiricism in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 20(4), 419-428.
  • Greenberg, L. S. (2004). Emotion-focused therapy. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 11(1), 3–16.
  • Lynch, T. R., Schneider, K. S., & Hempel, R. J. (2013). That “poker face” just might lose you the game! The impact of expressive suppression and mimicry on sensitivity to facial expressions of emotion. Emotion, 13(5), 852–866.
  • Mennin, D. S., & Fresco, D. M. (2013). Emotion regulation therapy. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of Emotion Regulation (2nd ed., pp. 469–490). New York: Guilford Press.