This resource pack includes two digital pdf resources created by a somatic psychotherapist to support body-based inquiry and emotional literacy in sessions.
✧ Your Sensations Library
A comprehensive word bank to describe internal body sensations across categories such as:
Felt sense
Tension
Energy/movement
Pressure & temperature
This sheet helps clients track nervous system states and explore the nuances of their bodily experience, especially when beginning somatic therapy. It gives language to what can otherwise can feel vague or hard to describe.
How therapists can use it:
Invite clients to scan their body and choose words from the sheet
Offer it as a take-home resource for journaling or nervous system tracking
Use it during somatic work, parts work, or grounding practices
✧ Your Emotions & Feelings Library
A supportive word bank to describe emotional states, grouped into themes such as anger, sadness, fear, shame, grief, excitement, happiness, and more.
This sheet helps clients move beyond “I feel bad” or “I don’t know what I feel” into emotional specificity and clarity.
How therapists can use it:
As a reflection prompt during emotional processing
To build clients’ emotional vocabulary and self-awareness
To help connect sensations to emotions when doing deeper somatic or parts work
✧ What’s included
2 x Digital PDF reference sheets (ready to print or use digitally) created by a somatic psychotherapist
Clean, minimal design suitable for adult & teen use (printer friendly)
Created for use for therapists, counsellors, coaches, and other helping professionals
This resource pack includes two digital pdf resources created by a somatic psychotherapist to support body-based inquiry and emotional literacy in sessions.
✧ Your Sensations Library
A comprehensive word bank to describe internal body sensations across categories such as:
Felt sense
Tension
Energy/movement
Pressure & temperature
This sheet helps clients track nervous system states and explore the nuances of their bodily experience, especially when beginning somatic therapy. It gives language to what can otherwise can feel vague or hard to describe.
How therapists can use it:
Invite clients to scan their body and choose words from the sheet
Offer it as a take-home resource for journaling or nervous system tracking
Use it during somatic work, parts work, or grounding practices
✧ Your Emotions & Feelings Library
A supportive word bank to describe emotional states, grouped into themes such as anger, sadness, fear, shame, grief, excitement, happiness, and more.
This sheet helps clients move beyond “I feel bad” or “I don’t know what I feel” into emotional specificity and clarity.
How therapists can use it:
As a reflection prompt during emotional processing
To build clients’ emotional vocabulary and self-awareness
To help connect sensations to emotions when doing deeper somatic or parts work
✧ What’s included
2 x Digital PDF reference sheets (ready to print or use digitally) created by a somatic psychotherapist
Clean, minimal design suitable for adult & teen use (printer friendly)
Created for use for therapists, counsellors, coaches, and other helping professionals
This pack is licensed for personal use only.
You may use these resources with your own clients, but you may not resell, redistribute, or share them with other practitioners or organisations.
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