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Fears & Secondary Benefits

Metaphorical associative cards · 128 cards
Fears & Secondary Benefits

About the deck

A deck about what a person is afraid to lose — and about what they actually gain by staying where they are.

The deck holds 128 metaphorical associative cards: 64 cards describe the most common human fears, and another 64 gather the most evident hidden payoffs.

A hidden payoff is the concealed benefit of a problem — the one a person will not admit out loud, because admitting it is awkward. It is what keeps goals out of reach, keeps life from changing, keeps recovery and relationships stalled, and it explains why nothing moves even when the situation is fully understood.

The two halves are separated by color, so they are easy to work with apart or as a pair, when you need to see the fear together with the payoff holding it in place.

The deck works as a diagnostic, deepening, clarifying, transformational and supporting tool in counseling, coaching and psychological transformation games.

Who it is for: psychologists, psychotherapists, art therapists, coaches, trainers, consultants, group and transformation game facilitators, and anyone working on their own personal growth.

What you can do with the “Fears & Secondary Benefits” deck

Questions to ask the deck

These are the questions the work starts from. Choose one — the one that resonates most strongly — and stay with it, because a single session works one fear or one payoff through well and no more.

  1. Which fear keeps me from moving on?
  2. What am I most afraid of in this situation?
  3. What is the worst that could happen if I go ahead?
  4. Which fear was imposed on me and is not mine?
  5. What do I need to work through first?
  6. What happens if my question resolves?
  7. What is dangerous for me about getting what I want?
  8. What do I gain by not resolving this?
  9. What am I saving or shielding myself from?
  10. What is the real reason for my self-sabotage?
  11. How will I live once I reach the goal?
  12. What do I least want?

Card Examples

Metaphorical associative cards “Fears & Secondary Benefits” — sample cards, 1 Metaphorical associative cards “Fears & Secondary Benefits” — sample cards, 2 Metaphorical associative cards “Fears & Secondary Benefits” — sample cards, 3 Metaphorical associative cards “Fears & Secondary Benefits” — sample cards, 4

Print format

$33

128 cards, a QR code to the deck guide with ten techniques, colour box
Size: 10.5 × 7.5 cm · Coated 350gsm, matte lamination · 400 g
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Online format

$10

Digital version for use on the “Keys to yourself” platform. The deck guide with ten techniques is included

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The whole series

“Order in the Mind” is 10 decks that work as a single system, from actions and resources to beliefs, fears and life scripts.

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