Articoli che contengono il tag: dreams
The Co-construction of the imaginary space in a group of children through the narration of stories and dreams
Abstract This work originates from the idea that the use of a mediating object (Privat P., Quélin-Soulignoux D., 2000) such as the narration of stories and dreams that emerge in the group, may create a new potential space where children … Continua a leggere
The Relationships between Incest and Hubris in Dreams, Myths and Folk Tales
Abstract In ancient myths, Hubris and Incest appear as the two archetypes, and are largely mentioned as the primary human sins in various cultures. It is in fact reasonable to assume that these two taboos constitute an ideological foundation, ground … Continua a leggere
Presentation, The Ordering Function of Thought in Folktales
Each of the articles in the volume relates to unique aspects regarding the affinity existing between fairy tales, or tales which share common characteristics with folktales, and the therapeutic process – either individual therapy, or a group workshop. Several articles … Continua a leggere
The oneiric world of women in the Grete Stern’ s photomontages
Abstract Grete Stern was a german fotoghaph ad designer. Due to her jewish origins, during Nazism she had to migrate to Argentina. In the 1948 she started a collaboration with the magazine for women Idillio, on Buenos Aires. Her task … Continua a leggere
The impact of the female analytic group leader’s gender as revealed in dreams of male members: a clinical exploration
Abstract The psychoanalytic literature has always believed that the sex of the therapist is not a significant variable in treatment. Eroticized transference has positive potential, facilitating, restorative and invigorating. “Eroticized” capture the plasticity of sexuality, and creative ways of human … Continua a leggere
Dreams in a group session: telling a dream as an instrument to develope one’ s own individuality
Abstract In this paper some reflections will be formulated about a possible use of the dream as a useful tool to understand and have a view on the state of individual mind, related to group work, in a brief number … Continua a leggere
Dream in group experience
Abstract The group is a dream that cannot be explained, an experience influenced by institutional biases, that can however find reassurance in the conductor’s figure. Is dream a system of self representation for groups and persons capable of producing deep … Continua a leggere
Group dreams as fractal images
Abstract In fractal geometry, a fractal is an object with a complex branched structure subtly, gradually enlarging a portion of the structure are out details that remain the same at all scales of growth. fractals are not expressed by primary … Continua a leggere
The use of dreams in group analysis” touching intangibles”
Abstract The dreams have a natural symbolic language that can be difficult to understand and every dream is something new. Jung compares dreams to an unknown foreign language. The symbol in a dream is a fact, it means what it … Continua a leggere
A treatening dream in a homogeneous group of patients expecting kidney transplants
Abstract This is an account of a Brief Analytic Group Psychotherapy experience with patients with chronic renal damage who were being dialyzed while waiting to receive kidney transplants. This practice was carried out in 1997, in the Psychiatric Liaison Unit … Continua a leggere
Dreamtelling as a request for containment – Three Uses of Dreams in Group Therapy
Abstract Dreams told in a therapeutic setting are challenging events from an experiential and technical perspective. Their contents seem fantastically rich for the one side, but often overwhelmingly chaotic in their implications for relations. Many clinicians lack know-how about how … Continua a leggere
Folkloristic Methods in Dreams Interpretation
Abstract The current paper deals with the affinity between dreams and fairy tales by using methods taken from the folk literature discipline. In the search to define common meeting points between literature and psychoanalysis, the most popular tendency has been … Continua a leggere
