Dream-telling as a request for containment - Reconsidering the group-analytic approach to the work with dreams

Robi Friedman

doi:10.1177/0533316404047783

Dream-telling as a request for containment - Reconsidering the group-analytic approach to the work with dreams

Robi Friedman

Department of Counseling and Human Development

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Abstract

Differentiating between diagnostic aspects in dreaming, as representing autonomous containment, and the interpersonal event of dream-telling, reveals its intersubjective functions. Dream-telling may both be a request for the group's help to process difficulties and an effort to influence relationships. In this article, the conductor's work with dreams is reconsidered and technical consequences on the work with dreams for group-analytic practice discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	508-524
Number of pages	17
Journal	Group Analysis
Volume	37
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0533316404047783
State	Published - Dec 2004

Keywords

Containment
Diagnosis
Dream-telling
Dreams
Group analysis
Intersubjectivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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