T teared up once when we were discussing a trauma, and it seemed like she wanted us to see her tears about it. Not super obviously, but something about her in that moment made us think she wanted us to see that it was indeed a sad thing that we were talking about and emotion was appropriate. (We tend to be very disconnected from emotion about anything, generally speaking).
Seeing T 's tears triggered a young alter to come out whose job it is to make sure other people are "okay". She sang to T "If you worry your face will frown, and that will bring everybody down, so don't worry... be happy."
T's tears disappeared immediately and she as never teared up in session again, not matter what we talk about.
How embarrassing to sing in session!