Yes, I found dreams were a way into my most important issues. It could be easier to bring up a dream in therapy than to raise the issue directly with T. I used this sideways technique a lot in my early days of therapy. Dreams helped me know what was going on inside of me and bring that to my T. My T used Gestalt dream work, and I liked this approach. Now that I am out of that intense therapy phase (weekly meetings, trauma work), I don't bring dreams to T much. I don't dream or remember my dreams as much now. I think a lot of the urgent things my subconscious was trying to tell me got said.

PrettyLB, you said you were having dreams with lots of symbols and conflict. Those sound like really good fodder for therapy. Do you think your T would be open to working on your dreams with you?