My T gently encourages me to feel my emotions. Being cerebral isn't healing she explains. The emotions are in the limbic part of the brain and are very powerful. Our cognitive brain has no power over them in the end. I've learned that by suppressing or denying the emotions they can burst out and cause extreme havoc in one's life. It's much much better to release them with the T than risk an explosion outside of session. By not being aware of my underlying emotions for so many years I almost completely ruined my life permanently when they took over. If there's any place to be open and allow someone to see our struggle, it's with the T. That's what they're there for - to help us learn about ourselves, process that info and then acquire coping mechanisms.