Posted by naiad on December 18, 2003, at 1:47:41
In reply to Re: Do You Tell your dreams in Therapy? , posted by Miss Honeychurch on December 17, 2003, at 22:25:14
I have shared a few dreams with my therapist and he reacts to them the way he does to everything else that I say -- he wants me to do all of the interpreting! Occasionally he will give some little crumb of an interpretation. Anything that I focus on has some signifigance simply becuase I choose to say it out loud. Maybe that is why I am so hesitant sometimes and edit my thoughts.
My favorite therapy dream was that he and I were at some sort of yoga/therapy retreat. There was a craft component and I made two hearts - one was gold and one was made out of leaves. I showed them to him and he admired them in a genuine way. I felt wonderful! That dream is pretty easy to interpret.
In another dream he was a yoga instructor and was rearranging our studio and attaching pommel horses to the wall. Another student was swinging on them and I thought -- she's showing off, not doing proper yoga. This dream happened after a session when my therapist told me that I edit too much. I think I felt criticized, like I don't do therapy right.
I have also heard that all characters in your dream are you (I think that is Jungian). I have a little journal next to my bed and if I can remember, I write my dreams down before I get up. It really helps because there are dreams I have written in that book that I have no memory of.
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