I would think of a strong impression or feeling I'd had; an incident that bothered me during the week (including dreams). My T was helpful once by giving me the assignment of thinking of a particular "smaller"/not obvious emotion while I was away; the first week she suggested "humiliation" and the next, "disappointment." That focused me for the week and I had lots to report as those particular feelings jumped out at me in their week (and others). Helped me understand my emotions and how they worked and that they were always there even when it didn't seem like it. The particular humiliation experience made me angry and I got the whole range and a really big "a-ha" experience that stayed with me and was wonderful. Then the disappointment week, I learned how I had taken in my stepmother's rules/beliefs without questioning them. At first I use to hate when my T would make a comment close to the time to leave a session (because I wouldn't react until I'd left and I'd be stuck with the feelings while "alone") but then it became helpful and I got better able to respond to her in the moment.
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