The notes of a counsellor’s journal Unlocking the unconscious using Dreamwork

As a counsellor, I have found that dreams often provide a profound window into the unconscious mind, offering insights that might not surface in our waking life. Dreamwork, the practice of exploring and interpreting dreams, can be a transformative tool in therapy, helping clients access emotions,memories, and conflicts thar are otherwise difficult to articulate.

I believe dreams are important in therapy because, dreams are the minds way of processing experiences, emotions, amd unresolved conflicts. They often bring to light issues that the client may not be fully aware of or ready to confront. By working with dreams in therapy, we can tap into this rich symbolic language to help clients gain a deeper understanding of their own inner world.

As a therapist my role is to create a safe space where clients fell comfortable sharing their dreams, no matter how strange or fragmented they may seem. The way I approach dreamwork is with openess and curiosty rather than tying to impose some sort of meaning on them. My job is to guide clients in exploring their own interpretations rather than offering ready made solutions.

The techniques I use….

To be continued…….