The Relational Interpretation of Dreams

When it's About More Than Your Mother
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-75414-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 72 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book explains the use of dreams as a tool in psychotherapy to provide meaning, establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship, and thus enhance and progress treatment. Maintaining a focus on the synergy between dreams and relationship, it includes interviews with four eminent dream researchers and scholars: John S. Antrobus, G. William Domhoff, Mark J. Blechner, and J. Allan Hobson.

This book explores the synergistic qualities between dreams and relationships, and how that synergy generates biographically, professionally, and psychotherapeutically formative experiences. The book delineates the ways in which dreams provide a foundation for relating, provides a container (Bion, 1967/1993) for the unthought known (Bollas, 1987), creates meaning through relationships, and ultimately fosters dispersion of relational dynamics originating from the culture of the times and more. From a relational psychoanalytic perspective, this book describes the role of dreams in shaping our relational living.

This book provides a unique perspective that illustrates using yourself as a tool in relational establishment, preservation, and knowing. It is ideal for students working toward an understanding of the influence of intersubjective space in clinical interactions and clinicians looking for additional and alternate ways to connect with patients.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macdougall, Alicia Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Kognitivismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Setting the Context: Using Dreams to Enhance Psychotherapy; Introduction to Setting the Context; What Research and Experts Say About Dreams’ Influence on Psychotherapy; Relational Psychoanalytic Use of Dreams for Enhancing Therapy and Self-growth; The Intimate Connection Between Dreams and Different Kinds of Relationships; Summary; John S. Antrobus: Keep Asking Better Questions and Getting Better Answers; Introduction of John S. Antrobus; Overview of Interview; Analysis of Interview; Summary; G. William Domhoff: Sharing Information; Introduction of G. William Domhoff; Overview of Interview; Analysis of Interview; Summary; Mark J. Blechner: Having the Privilege of Entering the Lives of Others; Introduction of Mark J. Blechner; Overview of Interview; Analysis of Interview; Summary; J. Allan Hobson: Recognizing the Person Behind the Scientific Discovery; Introduction of J. Allan Hobson; Overview of Interview; Analysis of Interview; Summary; Pulling it all Together: Shaping Lives Through the Synergistic Quality of Dreams and Relationships; Argument Summary; References;

Über Autor(innen)

Alicia Ann MacDougall, M.S., is an advanced doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) at Antioch University New England. She serves in various roles in national organizations concerned with access to care, leadership, and psychoanalytic theory, practice, and training.