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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461226503321

Autore

Kradin Richard L.

Titolo

The herald dream : an approach to the initial dream in psychotherapy / / Richard Kradin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90675-7

0-429-48198-5

1-283-12615-X

9786613126153

1-84940-525-5

Edizione

[1st]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Disciplina

154.634

616.8914

Soggetti

Dream interpretation

Dreams

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Dreams : Theory and practice -- pt. 2. Herald dreams.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph focuses on a systemic approach to dream interpretation and the unique importance of the initial dream. The first dream reported in a psychoanalytic therapy session poignantly encapsulates the major issues that the patient brings to the treatment. These dreams 'herald' the trajectory of the treatment and can be interpreted in the service of psychodynamic diagnosis and prognosis. The book melds aspects of Jungian dream analysis, with neo-Freudian analytic thought, current neurobiological concepts, and Buddhist psychology, to yield a rich and powerful understanding of how dreams sy