Any journaling I do, my T asks me to share with her. She won't take my journal and read entries...she has told me that she always wants it to be my choice what I share, how much, and when. I have a lot of trust issues, so my T never demands anything. Also, I think that by reading or talking about what I've written, rather than just giving it to T to read, it helps me think more about what I've written and helps me to see patterns.

The only exception is mood diary cards. Those, I give to T at the start of a session, and it just gives her a quick overview of how the past week has been, so that we don't have to spend the whole session talking about symptoms. T will sometimes ask me about specific items if anything catches her attention, but most often, she leaves it up to me to go in to more detail about anything on the diary card.