Therapy

Question 1

What are the aims of dream analysis?

Answer 1

-To reveal the unconscious and to bring it to be conscious
-Uncover the latent content of a dream by examining the manifest content

Question 2

What happens to our ego when we sleep?

Answer 2

Ego defences lower so repressed material comes out through awareness but in disguise to protect the dreamer
-Major function was dreams of wish fulfilment, referred to as primary process thinking, unconscious thinking of the id that uses symbols and metaphors, focusing on immediate gratification of instinctual demands and drives, disregards logic and manifests itself during dreaming

Question 3

What are the main components of dream analysis?

Answer 3

-Dreams as wish fulfilment
-Symbolic nature of dreams
-Dreamwork
-The role of the therapist

Question 4

What is dreams as wish fulfilment?

Answer 4

Freud believed that all dreams were unconscious fulfilment of wishes that couldn’t be satisfied in the conscious mind
Dreams protect the sleeper and allows some expression of the buried urges and desires

Question 5

Examples of dreams as wish fulfilment?

Answer 5

-The id drives this
-Pedofillia or murder a crime that will get you consequences, so live this out in your dreams
-Being rich

Question 6

SND- what’s manifest content?

Answer 6

What we try and recall, the story of a dream
e.g. remembering a boat sailing away from us in dream
This is what the patient described

Question 6

Component 2- symbolic nature of dreams, what is this?

Answer 6

Although dreams allow us to fulfill our unconscious wishes and desires
-If we dreamed what we desired, it could cause anxiety and stress to our conscious mind. So dreams are layered through symbolism allowing wish fulfilment but protecting our conscious from harmful content of the unconscious

Question 7

SND- what is latent content?

Answer 7

The hidden meaning of your dream
Underlying wish, desires of emotion of a boat sailing away from you
e.g. fear of being left alone
This is uncovered by your therapist

Question 8

What is dreamwork?

Answer 8

The latent content of dream is transferred to the manifest content by dreamwork

Question 8

DW- what are our 5 processes?

Answer 8

Condensation
Displacement
Secondary elaboration
Symbolism
Representation

Question 9

DW- what is condensation and example

Answer 9

Condensing many different ideas into one- one image standing for several associations
e.g. a dream about a man means dreaming about ones father and lover

Question 10

DW- what is displacement and an example?

Answer 10

The emotion significance of the dream object is displaced onto another object or person to protect our conscious mind
e.g. Freud’s patient hated his sister in law and called her a dog, one day had a dream about strangling a dog

Question 11

DW- what is secondary elaboration and example?

Answer 11

Unconscious ind collects the different images and ties them together to make a logical story hiding latent content
e.g. waking up and recalling your dreams in a logical order as gaps in dream are filled

Question 12

DW- what is symbolism and an example?

Answer 12

Symbol replaces an action, person or idea
e.g. penis=snake or a gun

Question 13

DW- what is representation and an example?

Answer 13

A thought is translated into visual images
e.g. sitting on a box may be a representation of possession

Question 14

What is the role of the therapist?

Answer 14

The interpretation of dream is not final aim, just a tool to access the unconscious mind
By gaining insight and realising how issues can be dealt with it causes conflicts to be resolved
-Can cause cathartic for patients
-Purpose is to uncover latent content by examining manifest
-A patient talks about the manifest and the therapist will uncover the latent, believe its necessary to consider all aspects of people’s life
e.g. dreaming of fish symbolises fear of water in one but in another represent a friend as a fisherman
-Final decision of dream is up to patients interpretation

Question 15

Applying assumption to therapy- unconscious mind?

Answer 15

Establishes whether repressions is causing the person’s psychological illnesses. Dream analysis is to make the unconscious conscious to gain insight into behaviour to cure illness,
Purpose of dream analysis is to interpret what is in the unconscious mind as it express itself in the manifest of dream

Question 16

Applying assumption to therapy- Tripartite personality?

Answer 16

Demands of the id, desires and wishes that are unacceptable in our normal waking hours are relegated to our dreams.
Allow us to ply out our wishes inn an acceptable way instead of containing them,meaning they build up and threaten our sanity
During waking hours the ego can block this out but when we sleep these fedences are lower and id is active so desires acted upon

Question 17

Applying assumption to therapy- childhood experiences?

Answer 17

Traumatic experiences buried in unconscious relating to childhood experiences
Events may resurface in dreams to work through trauma
Dreamwork will occur to censor thoughts meaning dream content is express symbolically and requires interpretation in the context of persons life