On Working with the Unconscious in Therapy

What does it mean to ‘work with the unconscious’? For me, working with the unconscious in therapy means noticing what is not being attended to but is still manifest, in the room, in the relationship, in the client’s behaviour, in their body - in my own behaviour, and in my own body too. A starting point for doing so is will, or perhaps, openness - to that which is greater than myself and the client, that which holds us both and silently guides us in our work together.