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Clarita expresses strong concern about her dreams, which represent the parts of herself that she is struggling to repress, or her id impulses and desires intruding on her carefully articulated reality. This aspect of her dream also indicates the rapidity of her unconscious struggle, which indicates a strong desire to merge her unconscious with her conscious. As she runs from the figures in her dreams, she is faced with boxes and crates with arrows pointing in all directions. This would indicate options and opportunities with multiple choices, but the contents of the containers remain hidden. The counselor uses interpretation and metaphors to help Clarita interpret the content of her dreams, exploring the symbols in the dreams and engaging her in connecting those symbols to themes in her life. For example, the counselor may illustrate how the shadowy figures represent the repressed, unconscious drives that Clarita is feeling increased pressure to acknowledge and confront, and then address the boxes and arrows as symbolic of a needed change in her life. Clarita and her counselor will likely meet weekly for approximately 12 sessions until both she and the counselor are satisfied that her symptoms have reduced and her coping skills are not reliant on defenses against external circumstances or past disrupted development and attachment.