Psychoanalysis and Dreams

Name: Psychoanalysis and Dreams
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalysis and DreamsBion, the Field and the Viscera of the Mind\nAuthor(s): Antonino Ferro\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367150198, 978-0367150198\nSynopsis\nPsychoanalysis and Dreams explores some of the cornerstones of Antonino Ferros theoretical model but also attempts to extend the dreamlike boundaries of the model. Based on Bions theory of alpha function and the analytic field, Ferro has developed his own original theorization of transformations in dreams and of work in the analytic session as a waking dream.\n\nClearly highlighted in the book is Ferros theory that transformation in dreams is the activity which is constantly carried out in the mind of the analyst, who nullifies the reality-status of the patients communication and considers the patients narrative as a dream which must be constructed in real time in the encounter between the two minds at work. At the centre of Ferro's theoretical propo.