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Symbolism & Dream Analysis. Lesson 04: Symbolism and & Dream Analysis. Starter: Recap. What might the mnemonic ‘Second’ mean? S econdary E laboration CON densation D isplacement. Lesson objectives. To analyse various ‘common’ symbols in dreams and interpret their meaning. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Symbolism & Dream AnalysisLesson 04: Symbolism and & Dream Analysis
Starter: Recap What might the mnemonic ‘Second’ mean?
Secondary
Elaboration
CONdensation
Displacement
Lesson objectives To analyse various ‘common’ symbols in dreams and
interpret their meaning.
To examine the other components of Psychoanalysis (slip of the tongue and free association) and apply these to psychological therapies…
Symbolism
What might each of these symbols
mean?Why?
Part 1 - Symbolism
Snakes A sign of trouble A phallic symbol A symbol of death
Guns Guns are linked to males – power, aggression, sexuality If you possess a gun it suggests that you want power If you are threatened by a gun, it may mean someone is
bullying you
Clothes Clothes are linked to how we think people perceive us Inappropriate dress suggest you feel unprepared
Knives Knives represent cutting, physical or through verbal remarks You may feel cut off
Lifts Lifts usually represent something going wrong, it might
represent progress with an aspect of your life and that you feel something is going wrong (trapped, out of control).
Task Look back at the dreams of Ida Bauer and the Wolf Man.
Reread these dreams and now analyse them for the following:
Symbols (including their meaning) Secondary elaboration Condensation Displacement
The Wolf Man
Part 2 - Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis Three methods of psychoanalysis
Slip of the tongue Free association Dream analysis
It was (is) believed that a person uses energy to repress their wishes and desires and psychoanalysis uses methods to uncover these wishes and desires.
Slip of the tongue (Freudian Slip) describes the moment when someone uses one word when meaning another.
Free association is where someone is asked to say their thoughts out loud, without controlling them.
The analyst can look for associations between thou- ghts and ideas.
Task Write a (comedy) script for a session of psychoanalysis. I want
you to include all of the key themes/ideas covered so far: Manifest and latent content Dreamwork – secondary elaboration, displacement,
condensation Symbols Slips of the tongue Free association
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