Psihoterapija, Vol. 37 No. 1-2, 2023.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.24869/psihei.2023.83
VILLAIN OR PROTECTOR OR WORKING THROUGH DREAMS IN GROUP PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY
Silvija Topić Lukačević
; “Sveti Ivan” Psychiatric Clinic,Jankomir 11, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Nemčić Moro
; private practice, Zagreb
Abstract
Understanding the meaning of dreams is of great importance in psychotherapy, because dreams reveal
the unconscious. A dream shared with a group can indicate an unconscious reflection of group events.
The therapist should inquire into what the person who had the dream or the group itself cannot process,
and trying to work through the shared dream. Since dreams could represent containers of individual
and collective anxiety, failure to work them through may lead to acting out. Group analysts believe that,
if and when this is possible, it is important to reach the latent dream thoughts, particularly those with a
transference prefix. In this paper, we will present examples of how a group attempted to work through a
group event that affected the evocation of strict parental figures by discussing dreams that have a group
character. Through dreams, the group worked through resistance, the negative side of transference, and
ultimately, the integration of the negative and positive sides of transference.
Keywords
dreams; working through; group dreams; transference
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Publication date:
11.1.2024.
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