Dream Interpretation
and Psychoanalysis

- The specific of the psychoanalytic approach -
- Resources -

Interpretation of dreams is the most exciting field of psychoanalysis and also the most unknown.

The fascination dreams exert on common people is surely due to the belief that dreams convey messages coming from spiritual beings either showing us what is about to happen or warning against unpleasant future events, etc.

Dreams and the Unconscious

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

First thing first, we should agree that the predictive, spiritual context is not the one of psychoanalytic approach.

Dream interpretation in psychoanalysis is a tool aiding in the discovery of psychic contents - meaning latent ideas linked with repressed emotions and drives - within the unconscious mind, leading to revealing of the neurotic symptoms.

In short, we approach dreams interpretation as the royal path to (discovery of the) unconscious, as Sigmund Freud holds.

It is a personal approach that has nothing to do with premonition but with psychic therapy.

Recommendations

You may study the psychoanalytic dream interpretation method through the following resources (many are examples of dream interpreted according to Freud's method):

Papers:

• The Meaning of Dreams with Sports
   
• Dream Interpretation and Psychoanalysis paper
   
• How We Deal with Dreams in Psychoanalysis example
   
• A Dream About Falling Teeth (between Freud and Jung) interpretation
   
• A Dream with a Mystic Content? interpretation
   
• Snake Symbolism and Precognition Dream interpretation
   
• The "Key of Dreams" and Psychoanalysis treats of the classic method compared with the psychoanalytic one
   
• Dream of a Beach and Sunshine interpretation
   
• Dreaming about Dying interpretation
   
• About Dreams with Earthquakes interpretation

• The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud includes the Interpretation of Dreams
   
• The Interpretation of Dreams full version
   
• On Dreams short version of the Interpretation of Dreams

-> You can historically pursue the dream interpretation approach (from the ancient cultures up to the psychoanalytic era of Freud and Carl Jung) by taking our email course on dream interpretation. More...

-> Also we provide a 12-lesson email course treating of the Freud's method of dream interpretation. This is a beginners' guide explaining the basics. More...

-> If you wish to go further and study the dream interpretation in connection with Freudian psychoanalysis, you may be interested in our 15-lesson email course: Psychoanalytic Techniques for the Exploration of the Unconscious. Click here to learn more.

Paperstore

-> Finally we published more examples of dreams approached through the psychoanalytic method in our paperstore. More...