Before moving into enactments, it's crucial to first deepen the emotion and really lean into it. Instead of asking more questions about it (which keeps the client in their head), we want them to SLOW DOWN. Don't dig for deeper emotions. Stay with where they currently are to uncover what's below. Use silence. Sit with the emotion. What kind of "alone" is it? Where do they feel it in their body? What does this feeling say about them? Their place in the relationship? As always, it's not about getting more content. It's better to focus on process and expand/stretch a specific emotional moment into a longer **experience**. Evocative questioning involves a lot of slowing down, repetition, imagery, and what/how questions. - **"Evocative questions focus on the process of how you're experiencing, not the content."** - https://youtu.be/r4y7pCwW_hY?si=tAaiHeKZuliT8zvI --- Related Notes: - [[Holding and staying with emotion]] This note was originally created on **March 25, 2026**.