Psychological consultation o How to play cards

The o cards used in psychological counseling scenes are also called OH cards and O cards. They are essentially subconscious projection tools. There is no fixed standard answer to the core gameplay. All interpretations are based on the user's true feelings as the only standard. There is no so-called "correct interpretation" or "prescribed gameplay".

Its basic configuration is 88 picture cards with different abstract pictures and 88 word cards printed with words related to various emotions and states. The random combination can generate more than 7,000 combinations, which is enough to contain the widely varying emotions and unspoken thoughts of different people. Last week, I received a client who was struggling with whether to break up with her boyfriend of five years. We chatted for almost an hour and revolved around "He treats me very well but I always feel that something is wrong." Then I drew a set of cards. The picture card showed a person sitting across the dining table. The bowl in front of her was empty. The word card said "alienation". She stared at the card. She burst into tears within three minutes, saying that the last time her fever reached 39 degrees, her boyfriend sat next to her and played games. He poured her a cup of hot water and ignored her. She felt empty at the time, but she kept telling herself that "he did what he should do." It wasn't until she saw this card that she dared to admit that what she wanted was never just a cup of hot water.

Regarding the boundaries of the use of o-cards, there have been different voices in the industry. Some practitioners advocate that counselors should maintain "zero intervention" throughout the process, only listening and not actively asking questions, let alone interpreting the content of the cards without authorization to avoid projecting their own onto the visitors.； There are also many counselors who will ask a few open-ended questions to guide the client when he is stuck and speechless, such as "You said the window in this picture looks stuffy. Have you had a similar feeling recently?" ”, there is no absolute superiority or inferiority between the two methods, it’s just that they are suitable for different people and scenarios.

In addition to one-on-one consultations, I often use o-cards when I provide corporate EAP group coaching, especially for icebreakers where everyone is unfamiliar with each other. There is no need to introduce yourself awkwardly. Everyone just draws a card and says, "What part of this card resembles your recent self?" The last time I worked as a group coach for an Internet team, one person always said that he was "stress-resistant" The technical team leader, who was "full of strength", drew a picture card that represented a fully drawn bow and a word card that represented "limit." He was silent for a long time and said that he had not left work before twelve o'clock for three months in a row. He felt that the string would break if he stretched it further. Only then did the colleagues present realize that the team leader who usually seemed fine had already reached the critical point. Later, their department took the initiative to adjust the schedule this week.

Many people now also buy O cards to play at home. I generally remind you not to use it as a fortune-telling tool. It is unreliable to measure love and fortune. It does not have any predictive function. It is more like a clean mirror, which reflects your own subconscious thoughts. If you play with the mentality of "calculating the results", the final interpretation will be your preset answers, but it is easy to get into trouble. If you really have unresolved emotional knots, it is best to find a trained counselor to explore them, which is much more efficient than trying to figure it out on your own.

In fact, the most interesting thing about playing O cards is that there is no right or wrong. For the same card with a picture of rain, some people think treading water is very romantic, while others think it is very annoying when their shoes get wet. No matter how you say it, you are right. After all, your first feeling at the moment is the core answer of this set of cards.