So much has been said about dreams, repressed wishes, nervous system housekeeping, random firing neurons, messages from the unconscious. We're endlessly fascinated by them, and as humans do, we reach for explanations. I won't pretend to know with certainty what dreams are. What I do know is that, over years of clinical work, I've seen dreams bring people closer to themselves. I've seen a single image capture something that months of conversation could not quite reach. Again and again, I've witnessed the quiet power dreams can have in the therapeutic process.

Dreams deserve our attention. Not because they predict the future or hold hidden answers, but because they often reveal something we both know and don't know at the same time. They bring forward the parts of us that have been neglected, pushed aside, or are quietly calling out to be seen.

I don't treat dreams as puzzles to solve or symbols to decode. No dream dictionary can tell you what your dream means, because the meaning lives inside you, within your life, your relationships, your history, and your present circumstances. Together, we approach the dream with curiosity and patience, allowing its meaning to unfold over time.

Sometimes a dream illuminates a conflict you've been caught in. Sometimes it brings you closer to a feeling you've been keeping at arm's length, or puts words; or images, to something language alone can't quite hold. Sometimes it opens a door to a possibility you hadn't yet considered. Often, over time, dreams become part of the shared language of our work together, threads we weave through your experiences, relationships, memories, feelings, and longings.

You don't need to be someone who remembers dreams regularly. Some people bring dreams often. Others arrive with a single dream that has stayed with them for years. Even a fragment, a lingering feeling, or a recurring image can be a meaningful place to begin. Paying attention to dreams can deepen your relationship with yourself. It can help you feel less at war inside, more connected to what genuinely matters, and more attuned to the deeper currents moving through your life. Over time, dreamwork becomes a conversation with a deeper part of yourself, one that often sees what the conscious mind overlooks.

Dreams remind us that there is more to us than our plans, worries, explanations, and assumptions. They invite us into a relationship with the mystery of our own lives and with the ongoing process of becoming more fully ourselves. Dreams remind us that there is more to us than our plans, worries, explanations, and assumptions. Something in us is always speaking. The question is whether we are willing to listen.