emotion processing

i heard this framework/procedure from my therapist on emotion processing/resolving, and thought that i should write it down for later revision:

1. stop and feel the emotion itself
2. name it
3. find its origin and its message

i think it's generally... good, but what should we do in case we are in a very bad mental state, and we are not, let's say "healthy" enough to apply the steps ourselves? i mean it's like we are stuck under a rock, and need strength to push it out, but the rock itself is weighing down and weakening us.