Posted by Alii on January 9, 2003, at 1:57:36
In reply to Re: Therapist brought out the crayons, posted by Dinah on January 8, 2003, at 2:56:46
>>Seriously, that sounds so cool. My therapist doesn't (I don't think) have crayons. Pout. Although I think he's thinking about sharing an office with a child psychologist. Think of the toys!!!
>>When I started therapy, he was really big on my naming emotions, especially after he found out I couldn't. So I drew this really intricate color chart using the big box of crayola crayons. I could then point to the color, and I had a cross-reference of moods attached. I did several of them before I got it right, then I gave one to him and kept one. "No, no. Not red. More of a brick. That would mean resentment, not anger."
Dinah,That sounds genius. What a great thing to have learned. I think whoever mentioned the marketing of this is genius too. You're onto something here!
What a fantastic way to associate emotions when they seem so remote and strange, to attach them to colours. Wow. I really am blown away by this idea. Going to bring up the idea with my therapist even though I have a full emotion vocabulary from the years of thearpy I've been through something about this really struck me as being "right" for me somehow.
Going to bring it up with therp. tomorrow. Thanks you crayon women!!
~Alii
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