The “Group Dream”

Kaplan, Seymour R.

doi:10.1080/00207284.1973.11492252

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“…Whitman (1973) examines the nature of group dynamics from individual "dreams about the group" as representing object relations, narcissistic elements, and the group-as-a-whole. From a vantage point of perceiving the leader as a source of nurturance, security, and affection, Kaplan (1973) pictures the "group dream" as a panoply of progressive and regressive ego functions. Further, he posits that shared group themes and concerns are expressed when direct representation of the group appears in the manifest content.…”

Section: Use Of Dreams In Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dream appreciation group: A model of stress prevention for medical students

Sarlin

1991

Group

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The effect ofstressors on psychological and mental health has long been a subject of interest. The stress of medical school has made medical students a potentially important study group for both theoretical and practical reasons. Several factors have been implicated in provoking stress in medical school years: 1) information overload and rigorous schedules with stressful examinations; 2) exposure to human pathology; and 3) specific developmental issues associated with an evolving professional and personal identity (Bojar, 1971;Notman et al., 1984).One study (Zoccolillo et al., 1986) found depression at least three times more prevalent among medical students than in the general population. Those with a prior and/or family history of depression appear especially vulnerable to the medical school environment. Following their training, physicians experience higher rates of all psychiatric illness, alcoholism, drug abuse, suicide, and marital discord than a control population (Vaillant et al., 1972). RATIONALE AND METHODIn an effort to alleviate the stresses inherent in the medical school experience, to develop a greater empathic concern for others, and to heighten self-awareness, an experiential dream workshop was begun with second year medical students at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1985.

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Section: Use Of Dreams In Groupmentioning

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Dream appreciation group: A model of stress prevention for medical students

Sarlin

1991

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“…The dream is one source of informa-tion that must be integrated with other observations about the dreamer from the total context of the person's life experience. Finally, participant's dreams that include other group members are almost invariably relevant to current group problems and issues and should be considered a priority in selecting dreams (Kaplan, 1973).…”

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Working With Dreams in Group Counseling: Advantages and Challenges

Clark

1994

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Various challenges exist in the use of dreams in group counseling. Obscure and complex dream symbols and images, intricacies of the dream interpretation process, and a lack of counselor training in dreams are among the restrictions that limit the application of dreams in groups. At the same time, dreams constitute a universal human experience that is intriguing and compelling. Dreams offer a potential in group counseling for advancing the understanding of group members, promoting cohesiveness among group participants, and stimulating therapeutic group‐member interactions.

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“…Examples of dream hearers participating in someone else’s dream are most clearly demonstrated in what used to be described by Lincoln as culture pattern dreams (Lincoln, 1935) and by Malinowski as official dreams (Malinowski, 1927). In our own society, the phenomenon of the group dream has been described (Kaplan, 1973; Dombeck, 1988). We are reminded that while a dreamer has a unique perspective of a dream, he or she does not have privileged understanding or exclusive rights to it.…”

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The thawing of symbols in myth and dream.

Dombeck¹

1993

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In this paper the dream of a flooded house told by a nine year old child is considered in relation to the Babylonian story of the Flood. Since the dreamer is unwilling to talk about her dream, the interpreter approaches the dream as a text, and allows the symbols in the dream to move her into the story of the Flood and into her own experience. In this hermeneutic phenomenological approach a dialogue is established between the dream, the myth and the interpreter. As the interpreter is willing to let each story speak to her the symbols in each become less frozen and begin flowing into each other. Thus the understanding of the dream, the myth and of the interpreter herself are expanded and deepened.

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The “Group Dream”

Cited by 7 publications

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Dream appreciation group: A model of stress prevention for medical students

Dream appreciation group: A model of stress prevention for medical students

Working With Dreams in Group Counseling: Advantages and Challenges

The thawing of symbols in myth and dream.

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