[lauren_helene]

I've tried to be real good since my session this week and not pick apart every word my T said looking for the negative.

Well, nice try. Last night, I had a bad dream instead. I could see my T so clearly at his house/office. There was another guy there too and it wasn't T's normal assistant. That part was weird.

Anyway, the guy was telling me that my sessions were over and that they treat patients similarly to drug addicts when quitting cold turkey. At some point, they just terminate the sessions without notice.

I freaked out and was running all around looking and calling for my T. He finally came out and was like 'we need to do this or you'll never be independent'...I was saying over and over, 'why and how can you do this to me' and crying.

Even my husband and mom were there and begging him to keep seeing me. Yikes!!! How desperate am I sounding in this dream?

I woke up around 3:00am and just felt awful. Every time I went back to sleep, the dream continued...the only somewhat good part was that my T had this very sad look on his face like he didn't want me to go but I had to.

I'm sure this is all about the fear that my insurance company will tell me they won't cover any more sessions and we'll have to majorly reduce or stop. This better not happen!!

[Christina86]

((((((((((almeda24fan))))))))))))))

Wow, that is scary! I hope everything works out with the insurance company and that you can continue to see him. Really sounds like you want to, and that's a fantastically good thing!

Oh Almeda, I hate those therapist-termination dreams. I have them so often. Are you going to share it with your T? There is a lot to that dream-- fear of termination/rejection/attachment/etc. I often open up my sessions with a dream, and then so much stuff branches off from there.

[lauren_helene]

I brought up dream analysis to my T last session. I was like 'how come we never analyze dreams'...because I saw on here that some of you all do that with your T's...

He just said he wasn't sure how it helps clients to analyze them but you clearly get a lot out of doing that. So I'm not sure if I should tell him about it or not??

[sunrise]

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I brought up dream analysis to my T last session. I was like 'how come we never analyze dreams'...

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almedafan, I think if you want to discuss your dreams, it is up to you to bring them up, not your T. Our T's don't know which topics we want to discuss if we don't initiate the conversation. Just start off next time by saying, "I have a dream I'd like to share with you" and then tell him the dream. You don't need to ask his permission to bring up a dream.

Sometimes my T and I analyze dreams in a formal way, using Gestalt Dream Analysis. But other times I simply share a dream and we use it as a branching off point to discuss on a conscious basis the issues my unconscious is grappling with. In a way, dreams are simply a great conversation piece. I have never shared a dream in therapy and not had a really great session. Go for it!

i guess if he said that he isn't sure how it helps then he might be able to understand a bit if you can tell him how you see others benefiting from it.

different therapists are inclined to see different things as important. some look for dreams and some look for present interactions and some look for childhood experiences and some look for certain kinds of cognitions etc.

but yeah, i guess most therapists are willing to be flexible and to try and do something with you if you think it might help you.