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My interest is completely academic (largely interested in his particular method of idea transmission in practice [i.e. the written dialogue and the complicated relationship between the characters, the author, and the reader]). A lot has been written about this kind of stuff lately, and it's interesting stuff. Although it's less well received in the UK.
Although, that being said, I do think Plato's proto-psychological explanation of the soul is both, fascinating and useful. As a visualization technique of one's desires, and the recognition of a possible self-ideal, I could see it being used as a self-help tool.