The language of Dream

After a long career in public and private practice, my clinical toolkit seemed and felt pretty sufficient.

I’ve spent years training in the "gold standards" like CBT, DBT, and EMDR what are called evidence based approach as well as other more trauma informed attachment based approaches like EFT, somatic based work, expressive therapy like play therapy.

But lately, I’ve found a new fascinator: Carl Jung.

One of the interventions of Jungian work is dream analysis.
I used to be skeptical of dream analysis, but a recent personal experience showed me
it isn't about looking into a crystal ball or some sort of spiritual calling.

It’s more of a meaningful coherence. Our dreams use a sophisticated language of symbols and "internal architecture" to show us exactly where our lives are out of balance.

Exploring the Shadow , those parts of ourselves we often ignore or suppress, can inform us. I think I found a fresh sense of wonder in the clinical process.

Has a dream ever felt "too real" to ignore?

It might be your inner world finally screaming for your attention.