Hi Vitaluna,

Nice to meet you! Maybe she's egocentric? I'm not an expert on dream analysis but it would seem to me that your relationship with her is not the only relationship that would be represented in your dreams. Just my intuition.

Liese

Hi Vitaluna,

I suppose this is an extension of analyzing the transference... maybe you're not forthcoming with information about how you feel towards your T in general, and she's looking for clues elsewhere (ie, in your dreams)? How you feel about your therapist can, in turn, provide information on how you relate to everyone else in your life.

I can see how continuously applying one schema to your dream analysis can start to feel reductive... maybe you could raise your concerns with her and see what she says? There certainly is more to your life than therapy.

Good luck,

effed

your T is most likely trying to urge you to explore your transference towards him/her. that is what is most helpful about therapy. so if you arent forthcoming with that info regarding your feelings towards the T, they may dig a bit and try to find connections to draw it out of you.

but perhaps the T should be telling you thats what they are trying to do? if you're confused say so to your T.

if the explanation makes sense thats great. if not, keep trying to understand why they do it but most importantly focus on what you feel when the T does that. neglected? intruded upon? not noticed? not understood?

if the T is in fact making a totally spurious connection and you are already exploring the transference, then maybe the T is off base, but i would even say that too if it came up.