Persist with Any Kind of Discharge
Any kind of emotional discharge—whether it is interested, non-repetitive talking; angry talking; storming; laughter; trembling; or tears—should be persisted in by repeatedly redirecting the client’s attention to the material which brings it.
When ready, the discharge itself will break over into another form. This will happen: a person who is laughing hard, if interfered with by a wrong attempt to get the “important tears,” will not keep laughing well nor will they cry, but a person encouraged to continue with the laughter by the usual techniques will laugh harder and harder and then burst (possibly after a slight tense pause, possibly directly) into tears.
From pages 23 to 24 of the Fundamentals of Co-Counseling Manual
(Present Time 204, July 2021)