I used Pictures from various phases of my life to speak about what was going on in my life with my family. You could see the ages of when I went from a carefree, happy-go-lucky child to a sad depressed, anxious kid. These sessions really helped me to learn to love myself which at that point I HATED desperately. It was my own idea to bring in all the pictures, and she returned them on the day we terminated.

She also brought in a couple of pictures from when she was a child, and shared stories about them. The same sad stories from a picture that I and many others have told or can be told from the forlorn face of a child.

ETA: I also would send emails of family pictures, because some are in public life and she does not follow what is happening in the news, so I would share pictures of the important people in my life or important event.