aims of dream analysis
- reveal unconscious, bring to conscious
- uncover latent content by examining manifest content
-offer insight to allow issues to resolve
dream analysis
when we dream ego defences are lowered so repressed material comes disguised, to protect, dreams are clues to how the unconscious mind operates . Freud proposed function of dreams is wish fulfillment, (primary process thinking), ID.
dreams as wish fulfillment
Freud : unconscious fulfillment of wishes that cant be satisfied in conscious mind . protect sleeper and express buried urges
symbolic nature of dreams
manifest- what we actually recall ,story of dream
latent- meaning of dream uncovered by therapist
examples of symbolism
house = a person
water= birth
death= journey taken
dreamwork 1
cond: dream thoughts rich in detail but condensed in actual dream one image can mean many things
e.g. tree+ life,man
dreamwork 2
displacement: emotional significance of dream object displaced onto another or person to protect conscious
e.g. anger so destroy house
dreamwork 3
symbolism: symbols replace an action,person or idea
e.g. house = a person
dreamwork 4
secondary elaboration: fitting items of the dream together to make sense to give a logical story , can be mixed into real life past events to disguise latent content
role of therapist
REVERSE DREAMWORK PROCESS
: client talks about manifest and T guides to uncover latent. Therapist provides various interpretations based on feedback and knowledge of clients life (context), Therapist doesn’t make final interpretation but client selects explanation that makes most sense taking into consideration personal circums.
dream diary
- where dream experiences are recorded. Important to include detail aspects of personal exp fragments of dreams can be sources of unexpected significance
unconscious mind application
psychoanalysis establishes whether repression is causing psych illness. Dream work makes the unconscious conscious. So people can get an insight to their behavior and cure illness. interpret what is in Un in form of dream
childhood experiences assumptions
traumatic memories buried in unconscious may be related to child events you find traumatic. May surface in your dreams to work through trauma. Dream work occurs to disguise thoughts . Dream content is expressed symbolically and requires int in context of personal life
model of personality assumption
demands of the ID, desires and wishes unacceptable in our normal waking ages hours are relegated to our dreams. Dreams allow us to live out our wishes in an acceptable way , threaten or sanity, during wake EGO able to block demands of ID . In dream, EGO defences are un active
ethical issues
-balance of therapist-client relation
-false memory syndrome
- emotional harm
balance of TC relationships
therapist can interpret client dreams making client reliant for their progression as they cant insight themselves E= lead to over dependence L= allow for manipulation
false dream syndrome
E= therapist could claim to uncover trauma that never happened or were interpreted by dream E=may do this for extended payments to be made for financial gain,
