Assessment Scale Clinical consensus

Feeling Wheel

Clickable emotion wheel. Six core emotions at the center, specific variations around the edge. Helps clients — especially kids — name what they feel.

This is a reference tool, not a replacement for EMDR therapy. EMDR must be delivered by a trained clinician. If you are using these tools outside of therapy and become distressed, stop, ground yourself, and contact a mental health professional.
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What are you feeling?

Start at the center. If a word fits, tap it. If it almost fits, look at the words around it for something closer.

Clinical sources

  • Willcox, G. (1982). The Feeling Wheel: A Tool for Expanding Awareness of Emotions and Increasing Spontaneity and Intimacy. Transactional Analysis Journal, 12(4), 274–276.

What this is

A clickable emotion wheel based on Dr. Gloria Willcox’s original design. Six core emotions (sad, mad, scared, joyful, peaceful, powerful) surrounded by specific variations. Tapping a word shows its definition and suggests body-sensation prompts to help ground the feeling physically.

When to use it