When responding to feelings, it is important to know the intensity of the feeling. It is very important to reflect to clients an accurate reading of what they must be feeling. All feelings have varying degrees of intensity. For each word listed here, list other words that mean the same thing but indicate varying degrees of the feeling identified by the original word. The first one is done for you as an example. Check the list of feelings in the appendix to see if there are other words you missed.

HAPPY: overjoyed, exhilarated, glad, delighted, cheerful, ecstatic, merry, radiant, content, elated, euphoric, ebullient, chipper, bouncy, bright, joyful, pleased

SAD: ___

CONFUSED: ___

TENSE: ___

LONELY: ___

STUPID: ___

ANGRY: ___