psychodynamic therapy - dream analysis

Question 1

what are the 5 main processes of DA

Answer 1

symbolism, secondary elaboration, representation, condensation, displacement

Question 2

what is the manifest content

Answer 2

the content that the dreamer remembers and recalls to the therapist

Question 3

what is the latent content

Answer 3

the true meaning of a dream

Question 4

what is the aim of dream work

Answer 4

to reverse the process of dream work and reveal the manifest content back into the latent content

Question 5

what psychodynamic assumptions can be applied to dream work

Answer 5

the unconscious mind and the tripartite levels of personality

Question 6

how does the unconscious mind assumption like to DA

Answer 6

when there are conflicts in the unconscious these come about in dreams and the aim of DA is to make the unconscious conscious so you can figure out your hidden desires masked by the unconscious

Question 7

how does the tripartite levels of personality link with DA

Answer 7

researchers found that when you’re dreaming the rational part of your mind (ego) is inactive, letting the ID run free and revealing your hidden desires in your dreams

Question 8

1 strength of DA - effectiveness

Answer 8

Matt and Novato (1997) did 63 meta analyses and they found 75% of patients showed improvements

Question 9

1 weakness of DA - effectiveness

Answer 9

DA is less common - not many people believe in it so less people are using it-less research