The Herald Dream

by Kradin, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781855754508
• ISBN10: 1855754509
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: KARNAC BOOKS

Summary

The Herald Dream focuses on a systematic approach to dream interpretation and the unique importance of the initial dream. The first dream reported in psychoanalytic therapy 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 achieves its aims by melding 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 symbolize the multifaceted aspects of the psyche. Multiple examples of initial dreams are discussed in detail with suggestions for how they can inform the analytic stance and serve as objects for analysis over the course of a treatment. The role of dream analysis in group supervision of psychotherapists is also discussed. This book will be of interest to Jungian practitioners, students, and general readers.

Author Biography

Dr Richard Kradin is Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and member of the Departments of Medicine and the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies at the Massachusetts General Hospital

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword	xi
Part 1 Dreams: Theory and Practice	1	(62)
Introduction	3	(6)
Dreams in Theory	9	(34)
Dreams in Practice	43	(13)
Approaching the Dream	56	(7)
Part 2 Herald Dreams	63	(83)
The Centrality of Dreams	65	(8)
Chains	73	(13)
The Cook	86	(8)
Bombs Away	94	(11)
Shadowlands	105	(10)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding	115	(7)
The Reptilian Brain	122	(7)
Out of Control	129	(9)
Dreams in Supervision	138	(5)
Conclusion	143	(3)
References	146	(4)
Index	150