My T wanted to deal with my teenage part who is embarrassed about her body and sex, by a process of unburdening. We'd never done that before. She had me choose air, fire, Earth, or water to be the medium for unburdening. I chose water--a submarine, to be exact. Then she wanted me to put all the stuff I wanted to unburden into the submarine, in any way I wanted to do it. I had my eyes closed, and did this silently. She wanted me to take my time with it.

Then she asked how I felt, in my body. I said "maybe lighter," but I'm not sure. I said "my mind" is thinking more than feeling anything. I told her my mind is wondering if this was going to work, and feeling kind of silly about it. She said that was okay, and if it doesn't work, we'll try it again. She thanked me and told me to feel grateful to myself for allowing me to try something I'm not sure I believe will work.

Did anyone ever do this type of exercise, either with IFS or some other therapy? Did it work? Thanks.