Of these two things, the process matters more than the content. The second is the relationship the patient and the therapist are going to build.

The first involves what they’re going to tell their therapist about their situation. The results of the study indicate that therapists’ dreams about their patients can be a valuable tool for deepening understanding of the therapeutic relationship and process.As patients start therapy, two things matter. The findings affirm the presence of the ‘wounded healer’ archetypes in therapists’ dreams about their patients. The theoretical discussion examines the findings from a Jungian perspective, with an emphasis on also understanding the dream in terms of its expression of relational aspects of the therapist-patient relationship. With regard to the third question it was found that 18 of the 31 dreams met Beck's (1967) criteria for masochistic dreams. With regard to the contribution of Jungian interpretations of the dreams it was found that 17 of the dreams had diagnostic and prognostic elements, 4 of which were initial dreams, 9 of them were compensatory dreams and in 14 it was found that the patient represents the shadow of the therapist. Likewise it was found that 26 out of 31 dreams took place in either a) a street, a road, a route, a corridor b) en route to somewhere c) a therapy room and/or building d) a house. With regard to pre-determined themes it was found that in 20 of the 31 dreams, the therapist had a negative experience and was characterized as vulnerable. absence non-verbal relationship and communication time driving vs. Results: Among the themes common to different dreams were: therapist-patient role reversal therapist and/or patient attends and remains in meeting, departs/doesn’t depart cancellation of therapy session sexuality between therapist and patient aggression presence vs. The third research question was addressed using Beck's (1967)‘Masochistic Dream’ measure.

To what extent are masochistic contents present in the manifest content of therapists’ dreams about their patients?The first question was addressed using categorical content analysis of a) themes common to different dreams and b) pre-determined themes for all dreams. What contributions are made by Jungian interpretation of therapists’ dreams about their patients? 3. What themes appear in the manifest content of therapists’ dreams about their patients? 2. The research focused on three theoretical research questions: 1.

Dreams were collected using anonymous self-report inventory. In the present study 31 dreams were collected from 22 therapists. Few clinical and empirical references to this subject are to be found in the literature. Abstract This study examines therapists’ dreams about their patients from the Jungian and the relational perspectives.

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