When a dream is brought to therapy we may welcome it as a gift. But practitioners can also feel unprepared, put on the spot, puzzled by vastly different theoretical attitudes and unsure where to begin. Mark Blagrove, Professor of Psychology and author of a new book about the science and art of dreaming, outlines a simple yet enlightening technique devised by the psychoanalyst Montague Ullman – one that might help therapists develop confidence and curiosity when encountering clients’ dreams, and increase our empathy too.