What is EMOTH?
The map of family experiences at home - a therapeutic tool for self-discovery, family exploration, and storytelling
EMOTH is a tool to support the everyday work of helping professionals. EMOTH can be used to visualize and discuss the emotional experiences of individuals and families in the home.
The EMOTH toolkit: what is included?
68 room cards in three sizes
105 furniture pieces (for four people)
48 individual emotion/experience markers (four colors)
8 colored pawns to represent people (four colors)
10 question cards
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How does the EMOTH tool contribute to achieving the aim of the consultation?
EMOTH can be used to make visible and foster discussion of individuals’ and families’ emotional experiences in their homes. Such visual representations of experience and discussions with a professional can trigger changes in family members’ everyday communication, recurring activity, and the development of family relationships.
The display of an emotional map using EMOTH cards also engages visuality in the process of understanding. In this way, EMOTH makes the consultation experiential for both family members and professionals.