Step 1 - ‘Making a Picture’ - How can you do that?

• Sit in such a way that you can easily see an empty screen in front of you.
   
• Project your memory onto that empty screen.
   
• You are in the here-and-now - the she/he in the projection is the ‘you there’ in that situation.
  Ask your co-worker to make sure that you keep talking about the 'you there' in the third person.
   
• Keep your eyes focused on the projected Picture!
  Ask your co-worker to remind you of this if necessary!
   
• Describe what else you see in that Picture.  
  And give your body the time and space to respond to what you see over there in the Picture.
   
• Tell the ‘you there’ that you love him/her.
  Repeat this until the ‘you there’ seems to hear this.
   

When you have time for this: view the Picture in more depth

Looking at the Picture, ask yourself the following questions:

• How does the ‘you there’ experience the situation internally?
   
• What in the situation triggers this experience?

 

• How much worse could this situation have been?
   
• What ‘practical problem’ does the ‘you there’ have?
  In hindsight, in what different ways might the 'you there' respond?
   
• What resources does the ‘you there’ have?
   
• What small steps could you (in the here-and-now) make next?

Step 2 - Storing the Picture away

• Describe the frame around the Picture.
   
• Give the Picture a title.
   
• Optionally, make a drawing of the Picture.
   
• Store the Picture away, for instance in your back pocket.
   
• How does the empty screen look like without the Picture?
   

Complete your session