Controversy exists in all methods of dream theory due to the subjective nature of the dream. What matters here is not that current Senoi Temiar populations will vehemently deny active dream manipulation and other practices put forth by American dream researchers (although it does reflect on the morals and standards of the researchers who would exploit their religious customs), but that a particular approach to dreamwork works for a particular dreamer.
If you are a lucid dreamer, this approach to dreamwork may work for you. I personally utilize method 3, creating from the myriad images of my dreams. If you can recall your dreams, no dream manipulation is necessary during the actual process of dreaming to make this an applicable dream tool. You simply must translate what you remember into a creative expression.
I've yet to confront and conquer the spiders that haunt me in night terrors, and sharing these dreams with my husband do little to abate the terror in daylight when confronted with an eight-legged monster, but for me, some aspects of Americanized Senoi dream theory are effective tools, and do work.
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