Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

The Relational Interpretation of Dreams: A Book Proposal

MacDougall, Alicia A
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9799-9978
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588347245889786

Abstract Details

2021, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Clinical Psychology.
Dream interpretation has been a widely recognized component of psychological practice since the publication of Sigmund Freud’s (1900/2010) The Interpretation of Dreams. By providing initial conceptualizations of the dream’s function, Freud created the foundation for the numerous iterations of dream work to follow. What these modalities of dream work all have in common is the utilization of dream interpretation to uncover information, or the engagement in research and empirical practice to search for answers regarding the how and why of dreaming phenomenon. Dreams, however, have yet to be considered within the context of relationship. This dissertation, in the format of a book proposal, explored the synergistic qualities between dreams and relationships and how that synergy generates biographically, professionally, and psychotherapeutically formative experiences. Through examining individual interviews with four eminent dream researchers and scholars, I delineated the ways in which dreams provide a foundation for relating, provide a container (Bion, 1967/1993) for the un-thought known (Bollas, 1987), create meaning through relationships, and ultimately foster mass dispersion of relational dynamics originating from the culture of the times, race, ethnicity, and more. From a relational psychoanalytic perspective, this book aims to describe the utility of dreams in creating and maintaining various types of relationships that then shape the lives of others.
Theodore Ellenhorn, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Gina Pasquale, Psy.D. (Committee Member)
Vincent Pignatiello, Psy.D. (Committee Member)
40 p.
Clinical Psychology
dreams; relational psychoanalysis; relationships; history of psychology; autoethnography

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • MacDougall, A. A. (2021). The Relational Interpretation of Dreams: A Book Proposal [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588347245889786

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MacDougall, Alicia. The Relational Interpretation of Dreams: A Book Proposal. 2021. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588347245889786.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MacDougall, Alicia. "The Relational Interpretation of Dreams: A Book Proposal." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588347245889786

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

antioch1588347245889786
169
© 2020, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by Antioch University and OhioLINK.