Dream Analysis

• What is the primary action in dream analysis?

  Analyzing dreams to explain behaviour
• In dream analysis, how is a dream typically interpreted?

  In the light of the client's life
• According to psychoanalysis, what is the main cause of our behaviors?

  Our unconscious mind
• What does psychoanalysis aim to achieve by making the unconscious conscious?

  To allow effective treatment of thoughts
• According to Freud, how does the unconscious mind express itself?

  Through dreams
• What is the purpose of dream analysis according to Freud?

  To understand the unconscious mind
• What type of childhood events might surface in dreams?

  Traumatic events
• What ego defence mechanism might cause events to surface as dreams?

  Repression
• According to Freud, which part of the psyche is given free rein during dreaming?

  The Id
• According to Freud, what do dreams represent when the Id is given free rein?

  Unconscious motives
• What is the first main component of dream analysis?

  Client recalls dreams to therapist
• Why can a person freely express wishes in dreams, according to dream analysis?

  Because the unconscious mind is active
• What does the content of a person's dream reveal in dream analysis?

  What was in the unconscious mind
• What is the client encouraged to keep in order to tell the therapist about their dreams?

  A dream journal
• What is 'manifest content' in dream analysis?

  The actual dream experienced
• What is 'dream work' in the context of dream analysis?

  Latent content transfers to manifest
• What is 'latent content' in dream analysis?

  The unconscious meaning of dreams
• What are the five processes in dreamwork?

  • Condensation: Combining elements to compact the dream
  • Displacement: Moving emotion to a less significant object
  • Representation: Abstract thought represented by a visual image
  • Symbolism: Replacing dream features with symbols
  • Secondary Elaboration: Unconscious collection of images to make sense
• In dreamwork, what is condensation?

  Combining elements to compact the dream
• In dreamwork, what is displacement?

  Moving emotion to a less significant object
• What is representation in the context of dreamwork?

  Abstract thought as visual image
• What is the function of symbolism in dreamwork?

  Replacing dream features with symbols
• What is secondary elaboration in dreamwork?

  Collecting images to make sense
• What is the therapist's primary role regarding dream content?

  Decode manifest to latent content
• Why is a trusting relationship important between client and therapist?

  To feel comfortable revealing dreams
• What does the therapist offer regarding dream symbols?

  Suggestions about their meaning
• How should the therapist develop dream interpretations with the client?

  With feedback and life discussions
• What are the 4 main components of dream analysis?

  • Recall of dreams
  • The symbolic nature of dreams
  • Dreamwork
  • Role of the therapist
• What may traumatic events during early childhood have been subjected to?

  Repression
• What kind of mechanism is repression in dream analysis?

  An ego defence mechanism
• What happens to the ego when a person is dreaming?

  It becomes suppressed