SYMBOL STORIES
CARD DECK
Created by Jackie Flynn
Symbol Stories Card Deck is a gentle reflective tool for moments of curiosity, emotion, or inner exploration. Each card offers a simple, evocative image and an invitation to notice, imagine, and create meaning, helping you connect with your feelings, express your inner world, and discover your own story.
When Words Are Hard to Find, Images Help Stories Emerge
This deck helps people:
• Notice what they see and feel without needing the “right” answer
• Explore emotions, memories, and inner experiences through symbol and story
• Express what may be difficult to say directly
• Make meaning from personal experiences in a gentle, creative way
• Build language for feelings, relationships, and inner worlds
• Strengthen imagination, reflection, and emotional awareness
Because stories don’t have to be perfect to be meaningful. And one image can hold many stories over time.
WHAT’S INSIDE:
Inspired by the power of imagination and meaning-making, these images invite a journey many people feel, even before they have words for it.
Noticing
seeing what stands out, what draws your attention
Feeling
connecting with emotions, sensations, and inner responses
Storying
creating narratives, making meaning, giving voice to experience
HOW TO USE IT
Stories don’t need to be perfect to be meaningful.
Let the image meet you where you are.
The deck will be here when you need it.
Use it in therapy sessions
Storytelling and narrative work
Play therapy
EMDR resourcing
Family work
Groups
Classrooms
Journaling and creative reflection
Emotional expression and imagination building
If you want a tool that supports curiosity, self-expression, and meaningful exploration...
The Symbol Stories Card Deck was made for you.
This deck is a reflection and resourcing tool, not therapy.
Reach out to a trusted person or professional if support is needed.
SYMBOL STORIES
CARD DECK
Created by Jackie Flynn
Symbol Stories Card Deck is a gentle reflective tool for moments of curiosity, emotion, or inner exploration. Each card offers a simple, evocative image and an invitation to notice, imagine, and create meaning, helping you connect with your feelings, express your inner world, and discover your own story.
When Words Are Hard to Find, Images Help Stories Emerge
This deck helps people:
• Notice what they see and feel without needing the “right” answer
• Explore emotions, memories, and inner experiences through symbol and story
• Express what may be difficult to say directly
• Make meaning from personal experiences in a gentle, creative way
• Build language for feelings, relationships, and inner worlds
• Strengthen imagination, reflection, and emotional awareness
Because stories don’t have to be perfect to be meaningful. And one image can hold many stories over time.
WHAT’S INSIDE:
Inspired by the power of imagination and meaning-making, these images invite a journey many people feel, even before they have words for it.
Noticing
seeing what stands out, what draws your attention
Feeling
connecting with emotions, sensations, and inner responses
Storying
creating narratives, making meaning, giving voice to experience
HOW TO USE IT
Stories don’t need to be perfect to be meaningful.
Let the image meet you where you are.
The deck will be here when you need it.
Use it in therapy sessions
Storytelling and narrative work
Play therapy
EMDR resourcing
Family work
Groups
Classrooms
Journaling and creative reflection
Emotional expression and imagination building
If you want a tool that supports curiosity, self-expression, and meaningful exploration...
The Symbol Stories Card Deck was made for you.
This deck is a reflection and resourcing tool, not therapy.
Reach out to a trusted person or professional if support is needed.
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