[precaryous]

This question is inspired by another post-

Do you dream about any of your therapists? How often?
Are they good dreams or are they scary dreams?
Do your dreams have a theme?
If you dream about your therapist, do you tell them about it?
Feel free to share your dreams here.

Some of us dream infrequently or we don't remember our dreams very well.
I happen to dream often and most times can remember my dreams.

I remember one dream I had of T. I don't dream about her very often.

I dream about PrevT all the time. Usually the theme of my dreams about her is of me desperately trying to phone PrevT but not remembering her phone number, or being thwarted in some way. I wake up from those dreams feeling anxious and "home sick" for her.

My latest dream was a good dream. I dreamed PrevT was who she is supposed to be, a psychologist. (Sometimes I dream she is a teacher or a mother-figure.) I was myself in the dream. We were both a little younger. Sometimes in my dreams of her I am a child.

In my recent dream of PrevT I was in her office. She was working on a project (not involving me.) two colleagues came in, offered her some advice seemingly to help her in this project or presentation. I left her office the same time as these colleagues and overheard them talking about her. I received the impression this project was competitive and they were not out to help her at all. The next time I was in her office I tried to warn her these people did not have her best interest. I woke up before I saw her reaction...

[precaryous]

I dream about AbusivePdoc, too. Most of those dreams are nightmares. The latest one involved me working very hard to collect enough evidence to put him in jail. I didn't succeed.

[stopdog]

I have nightmares with the therapists in them. Their faces are never shown though.
I don't bother telling them about dreams in general. I tried to tell the first one about me having nightmares in general but she was useless so I didn't see that she would be any better about a nightmare she was in

[lucozader]

I have never dreamed about mine - or at least not remembered it if I have - which is actually really weird because I spend the majority of my time thinking about him...

I recalled a couple of dreams with each therapist in them. Quite interesting and complex ones, neither good nor bad but meaningful. I shared with them some of the imagery and story but we never discussed in detail, I never asked for it.

I've only dreamt about my current T. Not gonna lie... t was pretty weird

Basically, I have no RL friends near me because they all moved away after graduating and I never bothered to make new friends. So in my dream, I told this to my T, and she said, "that's ok. You can be friends with me. I have looooads of friends." Then, I sh#t you not, she grabbed my hand and we walked/skipped through the city. lol.

We ultimately ended up at a dimly-lit Chinese restaurant with red Chinese tapestry on the walls. The ceiling was low. All the tapestries had black and gold dragons on them with black Chinese lettering. The lights were those typical Chinese lanterns... you know, the Chinese paper things that go around a lightbulb. The tables were those short tables where you're supposed to sit on the floor cross legged and you're supposed to take off your shoes. This was where all her friends were eating at.

One of her friends was a fat Chinese boy (maybe 11 yrs old?) who gave me a funny look and told me I was a total weirdo... yet here he was smoking out of a pipe and getting a weird Chinese dragon tattoo on his arm... Then my T was like, "so here are my friends!" And she wouldn't let go of my hand no matter how hard I tried.. I was thinking For f_ck's sake, woman... let go of my hand! She never let go though.

Another one of her friends came out of what I think was the bathroom. I couldn't tell if it was the kitchen though. It was such a small place. Who knows.

I don't recall what this person looked like, but he asked if I wanted a grilled cheese sandwich or peanut butter & jelly sandwich. I politely said no.

Then off we went through the city meeting all her friends. (Not like I had a choice. She wouldn't let go of my f_cking hand.) She would pass by someone, and they'd wave and say "Hello Kate!"

I was like, "wow. You know a lot of people." Then she said, "well, that's because I'm everybody's therapist!" I said, "ooohhhh, that makes a lot of sense now."

That was it. Dream over.

[ScarletPimpernel]

I don't think I've ever dreamed about current T. I used to have a reoccurring dream about ex-T when I was seeing her. I dreamed she died and I threatened to jump off the roof of her office building if her husband didn't bring me a sweater or scarf of hers.

[Cleo6]

I had 2 dreams with her holding me crying but that was near the beginning. I think I nearly cried over something in session but stopped myself. Still haven't cried and been seeing her over a year but I've given up wanting to cry now but sometimes I wonder what would happen

I really would like to have lucid dreams with my therapists - the kinds when you know you are dreaming and can manipulate the events. I have lucid dreams off and on pretty frequently but never had one with my Ts in it. It would be quite interesting what I would do with it in the dream.

No but since my T has gone away I've had nightmares where my mother tells me she is coming to get me and punish me as I'm not safe now my T has gone overseas.

[Demunie]

Originally Posted by precaryous

Do you dream about any of your therapists? How often?
Are they good dreams or are they scary dreams?
Do your dreams have a theme?
If you dream about your therapist, do you tell them about it?
Feel free to share your dreams here.

I do dream about current T sometimes. In those dreams he often has to relocate a session and we end up having them at my home (which isn't really my home but where my parents live). During the sessions I usually break down crying and "reveal" traumatising stuff (which never actually happened). Then I wake up utterly confused.
I've never told him and probably never will... Not sure what he would make out of them

[awkwardlyyours]

I've dreamt about former T twice -- most recently last night.

Current T hasn't ever shown up in my dreams.

Both dreams of former T were scary -- the one I had yesterday involved her chasing me because she was angry that (in the dream) I found out where she lived and passed outside her house on the way to somewhere else as a shortcut. In the dream, I hope to avoid her as I pass outside her house but she comes back to her house, sees me, is polite and friendly and then just when I make my escape, I can feel her wrathfully chasing me -- I woke up just as I was fleeing for dear life.

The first dream I had of her was so scary that I couldn't go back to sleep despite waking up at 3am or something. I had this dream about a month after starting with her.

Possible trigger:

I dreamt that I was in a surgery type place with cold, white fluorescent lights (am super sensitive to light like that and it's scary as heck for some odd reason). Former T and I were both sitting but she had her fist inside me (TMI but I've never let anyone do that [consensually that is]) and kept telling me "Tell me more" as I told her that I had warm feelings towards her. What scared the bejeesus out of me and woke me up though was the harsh, white light

I didn't tell former T about the dream but did tell current T who seemed super uncomfortable (have no idea why) and had no insights to offer.

Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours

Possible trigger:

I dreamt that I was in a surgery type place with cold, white fluorescent lights (am super sensitive to light like that and it's scary as heck for some odd reason). Former T and I were both sitting but she had her fist inside me (TMI but I've never let anyone do that [consensually that is]) and kept telling me "Tell me more" as I told her that I had warm feelings towards her. What scared the bejeesus out of me and woke me up though was the harsh, white light

I didn't tell former T about the dream but did tell current T who seemed super uncomfortable (have no idea why) and had no insights to offer.

Uhhh, that is super weird. lol

[awkwardlyyours]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

Uhhh, that is super weird. lol

Maybe but then last week I dreamt of a conversation (very awkward and stilted as happens in real life) with my mother's ghost -- my mother's still alive (and quite well).

So, on the scale of weird dreams I've had (there are others that kinda top the charts), the one with former T wouldn't make the top-5 list.

[satsuma]

Not usually, but I did last night! I think it's because I had a really tough week and wanted more contact with T. I dreamt T had moved next door! And then someone asked me to go and clean his house, T was out and didn't know I was having a good look around in his house, looking at family pictures and so on.
One of those weird situations that would never really happen but somehow made sense in the dream!

The other week I dreamt my T sat next to me on the sofa and called himself a c***. That was pretty weird. I do have quite a few random dreams about him. I didn't have any dreams with him in for the first year I saw him then I got two in a week and I've had them every few weeks ever since.
When I saw T1 I had a few

Possible trigger:

sexual

dreams about him. I don't dream about him any more though.

[Out There]

Regular T has showed up in 3 dreams , I've never dreamed about EMDR T. I do share them - they're very interesting.

[granite1]

i think i have dreamed about my T maybe twice in the 6 years i have seen her

[unaluna]

My t dreams are almost always about getting to my appointment, usually from across town or the metropolis, and checking the time, and trying to make a phone call to let them know or reschedule. Buses, trains, driving, walking thru school and work buildings, and weird elevators are usually involved. Weird.

[waterlogged]

I hardly ever dream, but when I do, my T is almost always in my dreams. The first few were like nightmares, but they've gotten less forboding as I've worked with her longer.

[ruh roh]

I've had a few dreams with my therapist in them. I've always told her about them. The first one was shortly after I started therapy with her. She was super tall and wobbly in the dream and I reached out to steady her. She said she liked that part--that it showed her humanity and my strength. In another part of the dream there was a group of women I identified as belonging to a certain political activist group and she said she actually belonged to the group and wondered if I had known that (I did not--she was new to me and also lived/worked in another city).

[healed84]

Yes, t does show up in my dream every once in awhile. A couple of months ago I had a two week period where he appeared in my dreams almost every night. It ended with a doozie of a dream, where we away together in some kind of group type home. I got really upset about something and started crying and he comforted me, brought me to my bedroom and tucked me into bed.

[captgut]

Yes, i had about 5 dreams about my T. But he was not a main character
All dreams was quite sad or scary...

Yes, I dream about my t from time to time. I always tell her about them, because dream work is a big part of my (Jungian) therapy. It's been awhile since she's been in one of my dreams. I'm on a break from therapy right now, so I suspect I will likely have another one about her when it's time to go back...

[annielovesbacon]

Thanks for this post! I literally came to PC tonight to post about my dream and then I saw this thread

I've never dreamed about my current T and I never dreamed about my former T while I was seeing her (which is surprising because my attachment to her was strong). I just had a dream about her (former T) for the first time last night, and it was very short. In my dream she had mailed me a letter (and the way the letter was addressed on the envelope was odd, can't quite explain why). But I woke up before I opened the letter and read what it had said. I'm a little disappointed because I'm curious what my subconscious thinks she would say to me!