Strength Cards for Coaching & Therapy — Resources

Q: How many cards are in the deck?

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Resources is a 50-card deck about what already holds you. Where most decks ask what is wrong, this one asks what is working — the steadiness a person carries, the warmth they can return to, the openings still available to them. There is no text on the cards and no fixed meanings: an image only reflects what someone brings to it.

What's inside

50 cards, in four kinds of support

The grouping helps you choose what to put on the table. Nothing stops you mixing them.

Flow & softness17 cards

Waves, silk, clouds, still water — ease, rest and letting go.

Light & warmth16 cards

A candle, a hearth, a sunrise, a glow in the dark — what keeps you going.

Balance & ground10 cards

Stacked stones, a sprout, a crystal, two puzzle pieces — steadiness and fit.

Space & openings7 cards

Arches, rings, a path of stepping stones — room to move and somewhere to go.

Cards50 images + 1 back

Format2:3 portrait, 1728×2592 px

Text on cardsNone — images only

Reading levelNo training required

Typical session15–40 minutes

Works withSolo, 1:1, and group sessions

The cards

Look before you read about it

A sample of the deck. Every image is made for MindTrays — no stock imagery, no symbols to decode.

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Open the deck to see all 50 and choose the ones for your spread.

When to reach for it

What this deck helps with

Closing a heavy session. End on what a person can lean on, rather than on what hurt.

Burnout and depletion. Find what is still nourishing when nothing feels like enough.

Before a hard decision. Take stock of what you already have to draw on.

Stuck self-criticism. Let an image name a strength the person will not claim out loud.

Grief and loss. Notice what remains and what still supports, gently.

First session with a new client. A low-pressure opening that says more than a questionnaire.

Team check-ins. Let a group speak about support without performing.

Your own practice. A weekly pull to notice what has been carrying you.

Who it's for

Three ways this deck gets used

Therapists

A resource-focused deck for stabilising work, closing a heavy session, or building ground before going deeper. Nothing on the card leads the client.

Coaches

A fast, non-clinical way to take stock before a decision or a goal. Clients name their own strengths instead of hearing yours.

For yourself

A weekly pull and a few written lines. No interpretation handed to you — just an image and a quiet minute to notice what it stirs.

How to work with it

From deck to conversation in four steps

1

Choose the cards

Open the deck and pick what goes on the table — a handful, a group, or all 50.

2

Face up or face down

Start face up to browse and choose, or face down for a blind pull turned over one at a time.

3

Lay out a spread

Drag, flip and arrange on the desk. Add a matrix if the conversation wants a shape.

4

Write what surfaced

Note the spread as a whole, or a card at a time. It saves with the session.

Example spreads

Three layouts to start from

Each pairs with a matrix on the desk. Positions guide the conversation; they never fix a card's meaning.

What holds me

3 cards

1What supports me now
2What I forget I have
3What I want to lean on next

Timeline matrix

Inner and outer

4 cards

1A strength inside me
2A person I can turn to
3A place that restores me
4A practice that steadies me

Quadrants matrix

Resource wheel

6 cards

1Body
2Relationships
3Work
4Rest
5Meaning
6Play

Wheel matrix

Questions to ask

Prompts that work with these cards

“What in this image would I want to keep close this week?”

“Who does this card remind me of — and when did I last tell them?”

“If this were a resource I already have, what would I call it?”

“What does this card say I am allowed to stop carrying?”

“Where in my body do I feel this image?”

“What would change tomorrow if I trusted this card was true?”

Card from the Resources deck: a softly lit cairn of pale stones

The artwork

Quiet images that hold a long look

Every card is an original image made for MindTrays — soft light, pale stones, a single flame, an arch opening onto brightness. Calm, uncluttered and deliberately open: the images carry no meaning of their own until someone gives them one.

Cards render at 1728×2592, so they stay sharp when a client zooms in on a detail that caught them.

Questions

About this deck

How many cards are in the deck?

50 images and one shared back. They sit in four groups — flow and softness, light and warmth, balance and ground, space and openings — but nothing stops you mixing them; the grouping is there for choosing, not for rules.

What are resource cards used for?

For strength-based work: stabilising, closing a heavy session, burnout recovery and taking stock before a decision. They help people notice what supports them.

Do I need training to use it?

No. The cards carry no fixed meanings and no booklet to memorise. A person looks, reacts, and talks; you hold the conversation inside your own method.

Is there text on the cards?

None. Every card is image only, so nothing steers the reading. Position names in example spreads come from the matrix you choose, not from the cards.

Can I use it with a client online?

Yes. Start a collaborative session from this deck, send the link, and lay the spread out together on a shared desk. Your client joins with a display name — no account needed.

How is this different from Tarot?

There is no symbolic system, no divination and no correct reading. A card does not predict; it reflects what the person brings to it.

Other decks

If this one isn't the right fit

MindTrays Relationships

60 cards

MindTrays Faces & Expressions

60 cards

MindTrays Doors & Thresholds

45 cards

Lay out your first spread

Open Mindtrays Resources, pick your cards, and start face up or face down. Working with a client? Start a collaborative session and send them the link.