an individual establishes a method of dream analysis they must decide what type of dream they are analyzing. “There are seven types of dreams: the superconscious dream, lucid dream, nightmares, night terrors, sexual dreams, repetitive dreams, and the subconscious dream. “Freud believed in the superconscious dream, the repetitive dream, the sexual dream, and the regular subconscious dream”(Ullman and Zimmerman, 1979). People have depended on dreams to guide them in their actions and also for self-discovery for hundreds of years. The variety of dreams a person can experience further proves the idea that proper dream interpretation in nearly impossible. “Learn your theories as well as you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of a living soul”(Jung, 1945). Psychoanalytic therapy is a treatment that psychologists use for helping people to overcome mental, physical and emotional torment. It is often called “the talking cure”. Sigmund Freud coined the term psychoanalysis. It was used on people who “suffered from anxiety, phobias, obsessions and compulsions, hysteria, hypochondriasis, physical problems of psychological origin - in short, all those said to have neuroses”(Hunt, 561). It can be described as a “specific method of investigating unconscious mental processes and a form of psychotherapy” (Encarta 1984). Psychoanalytic therapy is based on the idea that the way people act and think are not within one’s usual conscious control. Many individuals have a stereotype in regards to psychoanalysis, which has a patient lying on a couch with the therapist asking questions from a chair. The therapist invites the patient to talk about his or her past, angers, fears, and fantasies. This form of talking helps the patient gain control of their life by telling the therapist his or her needs, motivations in life, wishes, and memories. Sometimes a patient will resist ta...
