What is a "feelings chart" for?

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Almost a year ago, my doctor sent me to a psychiatrist for severe anxiety. When I say severe, I mean they almost hospitalized me because my abnormal heart rate suggested a physical defect, but several tests led them to conclude that I was just a huge bundle of wracked nerves. I only endured one visit to the psychiatrist. It was mostly a basic Q & A regarding my home life, number of siblings, how I cope with anxiety on my own, et cetera. At the end of the session, however, she looked at me silently for a moment, frowned, and then reached for a sheet of paper.
"Are you good at recognizing emotions?" She asked.
"Yeah, I guess." In myself or other people? I wasn't certain what she meant.
She said she was going to give me a "feelings chart." I thought it would be a sheet asking me to describe what I experienced on a daily basis. Instead, she gave me what can be described as a page of enlarged emojis with their characterized "emotions" written beneath.
I have no idea what she wanted me to do with it. My younger sister said that she had seen something similar used in the book Mockingbird for a character with Aspergers. What is the darn thing for, though? I'm going back to the doctor soon, both the psychiatrist and the cardiologist. Before I go, though, I wanted to learn more about this thing. What is it for? And does it suggest that my therapist thought I had Aspergers? I believe I do have it, and it would take a load off my mind to know that someone else agreed.