find an item that represents a childhood experience and elicits a memory from that time (food, toy, tv show, place, song). The process of this exercise is to practice emotional awareness by noticing any triggered reactions that the childhood experience and item elicits.

Individual Process Questions:

During this exercise of finding an item that represents a childhood experience, what emotions arose for you?

What, if any, meaningful thoughts arose for you?

Did you experience any other related memories?

If you could go back in time, what would you have wanted someone to know about this experience in your childhood?

Clinical Practice Questions:

Name 3 things that child-self would share to help a clinical social worker understand this experience better.

Identify 3 questions that a clinical social worker could ask you to better understand your mental, emotional and physical health during the time of this experience.