Move the cards around.
See what you're drawn to.
Sixteen cards from the full Dear Animal Reflective Deck, scattered here for you to explore: the five animals who introduce themselves, and cards that open up conversation. Eight are from the Warm Edition and eight from the Shadow Edition.
Drag a card to move it. Click one to look closer, and click again to turn it over.
Five animals, five ways of coping
The animals in these cards come from the Dear Animal series. Each one represents a way of coping: Hedgehog defends, Bear shuts down, Owl worries, Hawk strives and Chameleon fits in. None is wrong; each began as protection. The five Meet cards introduce them, and a steady light, Lumis, runs through the whole deck.
The deck also offers scope for conversation. It can open discussion of these themes:
CAT themes such as
Cognitive Analytic Therapy- reciprocal roles
- traps
- dilemmas
- snags
- ways out, and seeing the pattern
In the starter setReciprocal Roles · Traps · Rely on no one or lean on one person · The good one · The Exit · The Observing Eye
EMDR themes such as
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing- a calm or safe place
- nurturing, protective and wise figures
- grounding in the present
- noticing the body at a gentle pace
In the starter setThe Island of Refuge · Nurturing Figure · Protective Figure · Wise Figure · Landing Here
The cards are a conversation aid. They are not CAT or EMDR, and do not replace either. The Shadow Edition touches heavier themes: choose what feels right, and put aside what doesn’t.
Two editions, five animals
The full Dear Animal Reflective Deck: all five animals in a Warm Edition (67 cards) and a Shadow Edition (59 cards), printed and ready to use in session.
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In the meantime, the sixteen-card starter set above is free to download and print at home: the same cards you've just been exploring, laid out on A4 with crop marks, with a short introduction to the animals and how to use the cards.
A reflective resource for creative expression and conversation — not therapy in itself, and not a substitute for treatment from a qualified professional.