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This 5 page paper addresses two techniques in psychoanalysis. The writer begins by presenting a dream scenario as presented by a client and how the clinician might react and interpret the components of the dream. The second scenario is a free association session with the client's comments and how the clinician may break down the comments and interpret the thoughts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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examination room taking an important test. As he goes through the questions, he does not know how to answer any of the questions but he knows he knows the answers.
The client sits at the desk in frustration as those around him seem to be working quickly through the questions. The other version of the dream is that the
client is all alone in the testing room. The examination has only one question but he sits there frozen. Again, he knows he knows how to respond but he cant
think of it at that moment. What the one question is does not appear in the dream. The proctor suddenly says time is up. Freud believed there are a
number of common types of dreams that have the same significance to everyone who dreamt them (Freud, 1993). The dream reported by this client would be placed in the category
of the examination dream (Freud, 1993). According to psychoanalysis, the examination dream is one that is common for people who have had to take an important examination. The dreams present
anxiety-producing situations where the subject in the dream always fails at the task. In general, this type of dream is related to the fact that the burden of responsibility for
success now rests entirely on the dreamers shoulders. There is no one else who shares in the success or failure of the subject (Freud, 1993). This general interpretation can be
supported by the events that are happening in the dreamers life at the time. In interpreting dreams, Freud believed it was important to take into account the content of
the dream, the symbols that may be present, and the personality and circumstances of the dreamer (Freud, 1993). The situation of being in the process of taking an examination and
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