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Couples integration

Vulnerability

Section from the interactive two-leg model reference: attachment and assertiveness legs, coping modes under stress, and tools that support balance.

Psychoeducation only. Concepts here support self-understanding and conversations with a qualified professional; they are not a clinical diagnosis or mode inventory score.
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Vulnerability card game

Tiered prompts and listener guides for practicing emotional intimacy safely. Pause anytime.

VULNERABILITY GAME

The Vulnerability Card Game

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How to Play:

  1. 1. Choose your game mode (both answer or take turns) and vulnerability level
  2. 2. Draw a card and read the prompt aloud
  3. 3. The responding partner shares honestly (it is okay to take time to think)
  4. 4. The listening partner responds using the guide—no fixing, just witnessing
  5. 5. If in "both answer" mode, switch roles and share the same prompt
  6. 6. Mark complete and draw another, or stop when you have had enough

Safety rule: Either partner can say "pause" at any time to take a break.

Level 1: Getting Warm

Light sharing, building comfort

Ready to deepen your connection?

5 cards available at Level 1

Your Progress:

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Level 20/6
Level 30/5
💡 Vulnerability Game Tips:
  • • Start with Level 1 and only progress when both feel ready
  • • Create safety: agree on confidentiality, no judgment, right to pass
  • • Take breaks if emotions get intense—vulnerability is tiring
  • • The listener's job is to understand, not to fix or problem-solve
  • • End with gratitude for each other's courage
Vulnerability Card Game — a structured way to practice emotional intimacy. Based on research on vulnerability and attachment by Brené Brown and schema therapy. NOT scored from YSQ-R

Official YSQ-3 long/short forms and other schema inventories are copyrighted by the Schema Therapy Institute and sold through their order center. Theory and inventory overview: Schema Therapy Institute. This portal uses a Rasch YSQ-R style implementation for self-reflection—not those licensed forms.