Dream Analysis Papers
Dream Analysis
I am going to do my dream analysis paper using the quantitative methods outlined in Every Dream Interpreted, by Veronica Tonay and “The Hall/Van de Castle System of Quantitative Analysis,” available at dreamresearch.net. However, I will also be analyzing the data qualitatively, from a Freudian psychoanalytic perspective. Okay! The client is a 35-year-old female, and after interpreting her dreams and analyzing the data, I found that her main wish is to be content with herself and to experience intimacy with another, while at the same time, she fears exposing her vulnerabilities. Good! You are right In Dream 2, a man she is with is driving her car over newly plowed fields. She gets angry at the man. According to Freud, the field might represent her fertility and sexuality. Perhaps her frustration at the man is actually displaced anger that she feels about not expressing herself openly enough in her intimate relationships in her waking life. Yep A farmer then begins to chase them and the car disappears. The farmer and owner of the property could represent a father figure …show more content…
During this time, I will remind her of the progress she has made along the way and its significance in her daily life. Relapse near the end of therapy is a common occurrence because the client may find the relationship with the therapist as a source of security and not want it to end. Slowly letting the client get to know more about me, such as my likes and dislikes, can also help in the process of ending the client-therapist relationship. It is also important to help her see how much more able she is to cope with her problems then in the past. By the end of treatment, she should be able to apply the same analytical techniques used with her in therapy in her own life and these methods will lower the chances of relapse and decrease any maladaptive patterns of
I am going to do my dream analysis paper using the quantitative methods outlined in Every Dream Interpreted, by Veronica Tonay and “The Hall/Van de Castle System of Quantitative Analysis,” available at dreamresearch.net. However, I will also be analyzing the data qualitatively, from a Freudian psychoanalytic perspective. Okay! The client is a 35-year-old female, and after interpreting her dreams and analyzing the data, I found that her main wish is to be content with herself and to experience intimacy with another, while at the same time, she fears exposing her vulnerabilities. Good! You are right In Dream 2, a man she is with is driving her car over newly plowed fields. She gets angry at the man. According to Freud, the field might represent her fertility and sexuality. Perhaps her frustration at the man is actually displaced anger that she feels about not expressing herself openly enough in her intimate relationships in her waking life. Yep A farmer then begins to chase them and the car disappears. The farmer and owner of the property could represent a father figure …show more content…
During this time, I will remind her of the progress she has made along the way and its significance in her daily life. Relapse near the end of therapy is a common occurrence because the client may find the relationship with the therapist as a source of security and not want it to end. Slowly letting the client get to know more about me, such as my likes and dislikes, can also help in the process of ending the client-therapist relationship. It is also important to help her see how much more able she is to cope with her problems then in the past. By the end of treatment, she should be able to apply the same analytical techniques used with her in therapy in her own life and these methods will lower the chances of relapse and decrease any maladaptive patterns of