Created by Meghan Gray and Dr Andi Alperin, GrayMind psychologists and schema therapists, The Healthy Mind Mode Cards are a comprehensive, client-friendly therapy resource grounded in Schema Therapy.
While schemas represent our core life beliefs (please see our schema deck), modes describe what is activated in the present moment - our moment-to-moment emotional states, coping responses, and behavioural patterns that are triggered when schemas are activated.
This deck explains the full range of schema MODES, including child modes, coping modes, critic modes, and the Healthy Adult, and helps clients understand how they respond under emotional threat, stress, or vulnerability.
This deck helps you identify and understand child modes, coping modes, critic modes, and the Healthy Adult, making it easier to recognise when you are reacting automatically and how to respond more intentionally.
The Healthy Mind Mode Cards help you to:
Identify and name your active mode in real time
Understand the emotions, needs, and protective function of each mode
Recognise unhelpful coping or self-critical patterns
Strengthen the Healthy Adult response with practical, compassionate alternatives
Build awareness and emotional regulation between therapy sessions
Each card provides clear prompts to help you notice what you’re feeling, what you’re trying to protect, and what this part of you needs.
Created by Meghan Gray and Dr Andi Alperin, GrayMind psychologists and schema therapists, The Healthy Mind Mode Cards are a comprehensive, client-friendly therapy resource grounded in Schema Therapy.
While schemas represent our core life beliefs (please see our schema deck), modes describe what is activated in the present moment - our moment-to-moment emotional states, coping responses, and behavioural patterns that are triggered when schemas are activated.
This deck explains the full range of schema MODES, including child modes, coping modes, critic modes, and the Healthy Adult, and helps clients understand how they respond under emotional threat, stress, or vulnerability.
This deck helps you identify and understand child modes, coping modes, critic modes, and the Healthy Adult, making it easier to recognise when you are reacting automatically and how to respond more intentionally.
The Healthy Mind Mode Cards help you to:
Identify and name your active mode in real time
Understand the emotions, needs, and protective function of each mode
Recognise unhelpful coping or self-critical patterns
Strengthen the Healthy Adult response with practical, compassionate alternatives
Build awareness and emotional regulation between therapy sessions
Each card provides clear prompts to help you notice what you’re feeling, what you’re trying to protect, and what this part of you needs.
