im usually too busy trying to stay present and figure out what im going to say next let alone trying to decipher what they are feeling ( i have 2 T's).
however, i do generally write a letter to one of them before every session....its the only way i ever get anywhere....i cant just show up and talk..that letter usually has anything ive thought about or felt or noticed the previous week...so whenever she is reading that i will sneek peeks at her to see if i can gauge her response. if i wrote something funny she will laugh but otherwise she keeps it pretty straight faced. and im all "REALLY? i just told you some pretty deep stuff and ur looking like i just told you what i ate for lunch!" i think her lack of expression sometimes causes me to do the same....cause its how my mom was. but when she shows a reaction whether sad, happy, serious, mad, etc....it like kickstarts my emotions.