You ask. They shrug. They say “I don’t know.” Not because they’re resistant — because they don’t know how to begin.
Hands in Life gives them something easier to start with: a memory. A moment. Something that actually happened. From there, everything follows.
Not a gimmick – clinical structure. By searching memories through a specific relational or emotional lens, you bypass the vague responses that “how do you feel” tends to produce.
An experience where you were or felt by yourself
An experience involving another person
An experience that involved multiple people
A challenging experience that hurt or held you back
An experience that contributed to your growth
An experience you wish to hold onto or let go of
Every client has a story about hands. A hand held. A hand let go. A hand at work, at rest, reaching.
The images are deceptively simple — but the memories they surface often go straight to the material that matters.
Answers from practitioners who use Hands in Life in their work.
Not really. Most therapists introduce it in one sentence: "Pick a card and roll the dice." No clinical framing required — which is part of what makes it work.
Rolling a dice and picking a card doesn't read as a therapeutic exercise — it reads as an invitation. Resistant clients engage because there's no emotional demand attached to the action itself.
Yes. The same card & dice pulled at a different moment in therapy often surfaces completely different material. Therapists report using it consistently across months of work with the same client.
52 illustrated hand cards, the context dice, a usage guide, and a high-quality magnetic box designed to look right in a therapy room — not like a children's game.
