Learning the dynamics of one’s emotions. The therapeutic use of the Experience Sampling Method to record one’s activities and experiences is described in Delespaul (1995), Delle Fave and Massimini (1992), and deVries (1992). The ESM makes it possible for the psychiatrist or therapist (and, by extension, for the patient also) to assess the patient’s quality of life, and to propose changes in activities and habits that might improve it.
