Dream therapy is the process of understanding what dreams say about our waking lives. The process is relatively simple.
You record your dreams each morning when you wake up and bring the information with you to therapy. Your therapist will help you to decipher these dreams and how they relate to your waking life.
Dream analysis is a therapeutic technique prominently used during psychoanalysis. Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud understood dreams being “the royal road” or gateway to the unconscious mind; developing a method using dream analysis as a way to access the unconscious mind.
How does this help you?
The dreams that you have could spark your creativity. Dream analysis is a key component in the process of becoming whole as a person,” Sumber explains. Dreams reveal a person's “deepest desires and deepest wounds.” So analyzing your dreams helps you gain a deeper understanding of yourself.