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You could list emotions... and then note those emotions that you think would be find for someone else to have.

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I think this technique is somewhat effective.
My T did something like this during one session. She kept asking me questions about past stuff and I must have not given her the response she was looking for. Then she finally used one of my children and said, what if it was ______ in that situation, how would he feel? How would you respond as his mother? Then I could feel anger, outrage, and even the fear. For some reason I seem to have empathy and tolerance for other people's feelings, but not for my own. I kind of makes sense that if you can feel something for someone else, you must be capable of feeling it for yourself.