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He beleives that dreams are a way of your mind working things out.

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Me too, Montygirl. I love that my T works with me on my dreams. I also think it is great that your T refers back to his notes. I sometimes wonder if mine writes anything down after I leave, since he doesn't take notes during. If I were the T, I know I would have to since my memory is bad. But maybe he doesn't need notes to remember. (But how do they keep 30+ clients straight, otherwise?)

Talulah, what did you mean when you wrote that your T is legally required to take notes? I think it is really neat that your T had a dream about you and shared that. If my T dreamt about me, it would make me feel like I existed for him outside of our session, and I think that would warm my heart.

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My T told me that legally she has to retain certain documents etc. Kinda like those papers you sign in the beginning. i think it has mostly to do with code of ethics stuff. If one wanted to sue or whatever or say ethics were breached or there was misconduct, the T could show an adequate paper trail of treatment. Dates of treatment, costs, short explanation of what was discussed, their thoughts about progress etc. I think by law, at least in the US, they all have to jot down certain records to some degree for legal and perhaps insurance reasons.

Mine makes these notes when I'm not there and they seem pretty vague and short. Not very detailed of what we talked about indepthly. Actually, sometimes I feel like she should take better notes because I think she has a lot of clients and I'd like her to read them and re read them to remember me and my issues more often. It would be nice for her to recall past things I've said etc..also i send her emails and I know she prints them up and puts them in the file as well.

I've asked her bout the file because some of those emails are very personal and revealing and she said that the thought is that if something happens to her, a colleague could pick up my "cas" and refer me to the best person.....bleh, I didn't really like to hear that so much so i've let up on those personal emails......I also think she picks and chooses random parts of what I'm saying in them to discuss in session and sometimes I feel like she picks stupid stuff and never reacts to any of the more disturbing thoughts/feelings/emotions i convey in them. So it's like setting myself up for disappointment anyway.

As for dreams, my T doesn't seem to want to put much into them, or hear them which is ok with me. But I DO put a lot into them myself.......