This is another journal therapy technique that asks people to write down their emotional reactions after being exposed to images. Usually, photographs are selected by the therapist and shown to the patient. The therapist will then ask questions about the photos, such as how they make the patient feel or what they meant to them. The idea is to use the images to promote an emotional response which the patient then reflects on. It is sometimes more accessible for people to start writing about themselves by doing so with pictures. In other words, by writing about their reflections on the photos, people who might feel too self-conscious to start writing about themselves directly gain a way into this therapy that otherwise they might feel closed off to them.