Have seen a few shrinks over the years. Only one used dream analysis ,which I found useless.
Over the years a few things occurred to me:
It is assumed the patient will simply trust the shrink and that the patient will always tell the truth. I have never done either implicitly. Also found it a bit too convenient that to disagree with the shrink was to reinforce the diagnosis of a pathology.
My last shrink wasn’t too bad. She was the first to come up with a cocktail of psychotropics which actually work. IE haven’t experienced suicidal ideation since 2014. BUT, the only actual progress came from seeing an excellent psychologist who uses cognitive therapy. These days I still see her every three months for monitoring . No longer see my shrink.