Posted by gardenergirl on July 27, 2004, at 9:12:00
In reply to Re: Dreams and your Therapist, posted by Klokka on July 27, 2004, at 7:50:27
I've talked about dreams a couple of times and have found it to be very helpful, although kind of difficult. My T always wants to know what the dream makes me think of. He wants me to free associate to it. The first time I had this really odd experience...I was free associating and going with it, and suddenly, I just felt like a steel wall came down in my mind and the associating just stopped. Just like that. I still wonder what's behind that wall.
My T also says there are two types of interpretations that can be made from dream work. One is the supportive interpretation. This one usually is based on the more obvious symbols and content and feels relieving to hear. I like those! The other type is the more insight-oriented interpretation. He tends to arrive at these based on the free associating I do. This usually can be more difficult to hear and can contain more primitive issues and content. I remember that same session when the "wall came down" he told me this, and I immediately said "not going there!" about the insight oriented interpretation. But over the week I thought about it a lot, and managed to come to it myself. The next session I told him what I thought and he agreed that's what he had been thinking.
Funny how you have to be "ready" to come to an insight. I'm glad he was able to respect that wall.
And Klokka, I've had dreams I intended to talk about before, but then something else came up by the time I had my session. I always intend to come back to it, but then it just seems to get away from me.
Take care,
gg
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