Likewise it was found that 26 out of 31 dreams took place in either a) a street, a road, a route, a corridor b) en route to somewhere c) a therapy room and/or building d) a house. With regard to pre-determined themes it was found that in 20 of the 31 dreams, the therapist had a negative experience and was characterized as vulnerable. absence non-verbal relationship and communication time driving vs. Results: Among the themes common to different dreams were: therapist-patient role reversal therapist and/or patient attends and remains in meeting, departs/doesn’t depart cancellation of therapy session sexuality between therapist and patient aggression presence vs. The third research question was addressed using Beck's (1967)‘Masochistic Dream’ measure. To what extent are masochistic contents present in the manifest content of therapists’ dreams about their patients?The first question was addressed using categorical content analysis of a) themes common to different dreams and b) pre-determined themes for all dreams. What contributions are made by Jungian interpretation of therapists’ dreams about their patients? 3. What themes appear in the manifest content of therapists’ dreams about their patients? 2. The research focused on three theoretical research questions: 1. Dreams were collected using anonymous self-report inventory. In the present study 31 dreams were collected from 22 therapists. Few clinical and empirical references to this subject are to be found in the literature. Abstract This study examines therapists’ dreams about their patients from the Jungian and the relational perspectives.

The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom