TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Dreams as portraits of self and group interaction
JO  - International journal of group psychotherapy
A1  - Stone, Walter N.
A1  - Karterud, Sigmund
SP  - 47
EP  - 61; discussion 63
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
N2  - Dreams presented in group psychotherapy portray different aspects of the dialectic between the group and the individual. A self psychology perspective emphasizes the interplay between the current self-state of the group-as-a-whole and the selfobject needs of the individual. With this focus in mind, the therapist should help the group to deepen its awareness and capacity to reflect on emerging new abilities ("forward edge") which dream imagery conveys and the needed human responsiveness that can actualize these abilities and thus help the individual and the group to break and transform chains of repetition compulsion. We illustrate this approach with two clinical examples.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-7284
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -