Main components of Therapy

• What is the first step in dream analysis therapy?

  Dreamer recalls dream to therapist
• What is the manifest content in dream analysis?

  What the dreamer remembers from the dream
• What is applied in Step 2 of dream analysis therapy?

  DreamWork
• What does DreamWork help to understand?

  The underlying meaning of the dream
• What is the latent content in dream analysis?

  The underlying meaning of the dream
• How is latent content transferred to manifest content?

  Through the application of DreamWork
• What are the steps involved in DreamWork?

  1. Condensation: One image represents multiple elements
  2. Displacement: Significant features shift to manifest content
  3. Representation: Abstract thought shown as a visual image
  4. Symbolism: Features replaced by symbols (e.g., sword = penis)
  5. Secondary elaboration: Fitting dream images together
• What does condensation in DreamWork involve?

  One image represents multiple latent content elements
• What is displacement in the context of DreamWork?

  Significant features of latent content shift to manifest content
• How is abstract thought represented in DreamWork?

  By a visual image
• What does symbolism in dreams refer to?

  Replacing significant features with symbols
• What is secondary elaboration in DreamWork?

  Fitting dream images together like a jigsaw
• What does the therapist do in Step 4 of dream analysis therapy?

  Reverses the dreamwork process to uncover meaning
• Why is it important to get multiple opinions in dream analysis?

  To uncover a deeper underlying meaning