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Dream
Work
Carl Jung, considered to be the ‘grandfather’ of psychotherapy – and
actually also of Hypnotherapy - was a good dreamer, as he remarks in
his memoirs. His dreams were his real self and the source of
everything he did and everything he wrote; for him they represented
the essence
of his life.
“In the end,” he said, “the only events in my life worth telling are
those when the imperishable world (the unconscious) erupted into
this transitory one (the conscious). That is why I speak chiefly of
inner experiences, amongst which I include my dreams and visions.
These form the
prima materia of my scientific work.
They were the fiery magma out of which the stone that had to be
worked was crystallized.”
(Extract taken from:
DREAMS by Marie.Louise Von
Franz – parenthesis added by Sally Stubbs.)
So, Carl G. Jung, considered throughout the world to
be the
grandfather of Dream Work – considers your dreams to be
not only important – but creatively invaluable to your life.
Your ‘unconscious’ mind spontaneously produces several dreams during
your period of sleep. The language of your dreams is formed from
symbols – also – puns, metaphor and allegory. The symbols, which are
often woven into a story, albeit sometimes a strange, weird or
mysterious story, have meaning personal to
you
– and to
your
life. The ‘unconscious’ mind, through the symbolic images in your
dreams, is generally attempting to enable you to function more fully
and creatively in your life. At Excellent Rapport – we help you
explore and discover what is meaningful to
you
in your dreams.
A simple example: A client has a dream about swimming in water
amongst crocodiles. The Therapist helps this client to explore an
area, or areas in their life where there is ‘danger’, and enables
the client to make appropriate changes. Another client has a dream
about swimming in water where there are crocodiles – but in this
case – the client
is a crocodile. This dream as
you can appreciate has an entirely different meaning. The Therapist
will, with this client, explore an area of their life which they had
been perceiving as ‘dangerous’, but the wisdom of their unconscious
is letting them know they are safe, that they themselves are
powerful in their environment. I, Sally, as The Therapist, will
enable this client to develop the qualities and resources symbolized
by the
crocodile and to use those resources, to transform what
once were conflicts and problems, into Psychological and emotional
strengths, in a productive and meaningful way in their everyday
life.
An example of a resource that this client can make useful in their
life could be that they are
tougher skinned
than they had believed, that they can
chew on and
digest more than they believed. Therapy will enable this
client to develop these allegorical resources into practical every
day skills.
If you are considering working with me to explore
your dreams, it is probable that you have experienced a particularly
unusual dream or pattern of dreams. Your dream information will
definitely be meaningful to you, and I will enable you to explore
what is important for you to understand and possibly resolve, heal
or change, and bring valuable resources into your everyday life.
Recurring dreams are very important; the wisdom of the unconscious
is using a large amount of your psychological energy to
repeatedly
give a message which will contain enormous value to you in your
everyday life if you will choose to do the therapeutic work.
Nightmares are also very important.
A nightmare is the unconscious letting us know that there is an
unresolved experience in our life, which is containing massive
psychological energy, and which needs resolution.
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