My T has been practicing for 30 years, and he's very eclectic. I never know what modality he's using, and honestly, I don't care. We do a lot of dream work, and I've been kind of blown away by how closely my dreams follow what I'm really feeling inside. His first question in a session is usually, "Have you had any dreams?" With his help, I've gotten better at interpreting my dreams. They really are a help to understanding what's going on with me, deep in my unconscious. My dreams either clarify what I'm already conscious of, or help me to understand what's going on in my unconscious mind. My T believes that we are ruled by our unconscious mind, so analyzing what my dreams mean has been really helpful. It's not always what i want to hear, but knowing where my unconscious mind is at really helps. Especially when I don't understand them myselrf, revealing them in T helps him to understand what's going on with me, so he can help me, even if the meanng isn't clear to me. Whatever ... the whole purpose is him helping me to understand myself.