The CBT Understanding Emotions Pack gives counsellors a practical set of resources to help clients build emotional awareness, understand patterns, and develop a clearer relationship with difficult feelings.
This pack supports early and ongoing therapeutic work around emotional vocabulary, self-monitoring, emotional regulation, Wise Mind, mindfulness of emotions, and understanding unmet needs through Maslow’s hierarchy. It is especially useful for clients who struggle to name what they feel, become overwhelmed by emotions, avoid difficult feelings, or find it hard to understand the link between situations, thoughts, body sensations and behaviour.
Designed for professional counsellor use, these resources can be used in session, as between-session tasks, or as part of a wider CBT-informed treatment plan.
What’s Included
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The Emotions Wheel
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Emotional vocabulary and emotion identification prompts
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Self-Monitoring Record
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Situation, thoughts, emotions, body sensations and behaviour tracker
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Mindfulness of Emotions worksheet
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NAIN framework: Notice, Accept, Investigate and Non-Attachment
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Emotion Log
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Wise Mind worksheet
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Emotion Mind, Reasonable Mind and Wise Mind explanations
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Wise Mind practice exercises
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs worksheet
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Needs reflection and focus areas
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Counsellor guidance throughout
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Client reference, date and session number sections
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Professionally designed TCN-branded pages
Best Suited For
This pack is ideal for counsellors working with clients who are:
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Struggling to name or understand emotions
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Experiencing emotional overwhelm
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Avoiding or suppressing difficult feelings
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Beginning CBT-informed therapy
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Working on self-monitoring and emotional awareness
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Developing emotional regulation skills
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Exploring the link between needs, feelings and behaviour
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Learning to respond rather than react
Why Counsellors Buy This Pack
Many clients know they feel “bad”, “stressed” or “overwhelmed”, but struggle to identify what is actually happening emotionally.
This pack gives counsellors structured tools to help clients slow down, name emotions more accurately, track patterns, notice body sensations, understand needs and practise standing back from difficult feelings. It supports the early foundations of CBT by helping clients build the emotional awareness needed for later cognitive and behavioural work.
A strong clinical resource pack for counsellors who want practical, professional tools for emotional understanding and regulation.
