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Dream-telling as a Request for Containment - Reconsidering the Group-Analytic Approach to the Work with Dreams

Robi Friedman

Israel Institute of Group Analysis, Haifa University, robif{at}netvision.net.il

Differentiating between diagnostic aspects in dreaming, as representing autonomous containment, and the interpersonal event of dream-telling, reveals its intersubjective functions. Dream-telling may both be a request for the group’s help to process difficulties and an effort to influence relationships. In this article, the conductor’s work with dreams is reconsidered and technical consequences on the work with dreams for group-analytic practice discussed.

Key Words: group analysis • dreams • dream-telling • diagnosis • containment • intersubjectivity

Group Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 4, 508-524 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316404047783
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