A good fit between yourself and the therapist is essential, as the therapeutic relationship is based on mutual trust (this may be the very issue some people struggle with) and a sense of safety.  Therapy requires time, money, energy and commitment, thus choosing the right therapist for your specific problem is crucial.

The Milkwood tree (Photo above) is a symbol of belonging which underlies a healthy sense of self. This particular tree is over a 1000 years old and was taken at Platbos Forest while attending a Dream Appreciation retreat in 2013
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Psychotherapy and dream analysis weren’t founded by Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. What they did was to modernize them with their respective theories, specifically identifying the human unconscious as the source of distressing thoughts, feelings, behavior and human suffering in contrast to earlier beliefs that such maladies were inflicted by the gods.
 
The Asklepion located at the foot of the Pergamon Acropolis in Bergama, Turkey (Photos above and below) is one of the world's most famous ancient medical centers, built in honour of Asklepios, god of healing.The site in Pergamon was founded in the 4th Century BC on the banks of a sacred spring that still flows today and from which visitors drink. Over the centuries, it became one of the best-known and most important healing centres of the Roman world, second in importance only to Epidaurus in Greece. It was also the world's first psychiatric hospital. Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius, as well as many ordinary people seeking relief from their physical, emotional and mental complaints visited the sacred site.

​​Treatment included psychotherapy and the interpretations of dreams, which would direct the treatment. The belief that healing was a sacred art and that people’s souls as well as their bodies needed to be mended was espoused.​
 
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​“At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.”  -  Paulo Coelho