The outstanding American psychotherapist, one of the founders of existential therapy, Rollo May readily accepted the proposal of his colleague Leopold Kaligor to analyze the dreams of his patient and her own interpretations of these dreams.
The outstanding American psychotherapist, one of the founders of existential therapy, Rollo May readily accepted the proposal of his colleague Leopold Kaligor to analyze the dreams of his patient and her own interpretations of these dreams. May’s original hypothesis was that we can often «get a more accurate and complete picture of significant changes in a patient’s life from the symbols and myths he creates and then recreates in his dreams than from what he says.» Regardless of what we call symbols and myths, their essence is manifested in the form of images, fantasies, gestures … This unexpected book contains both the data analysis carried out by Rollo May and a detailed recording of Kaligor’s conversations with the patient and the facts of her biography. Thus, we have the opportunity not only to follow the work of psychoanalysts, but also to draw our own conclusions. And of course, learn a lot about the structure of dreams and their hidden meaning.
INSTITUTE OF GENERAL HUMANITARIAN STUDIES, 360 p.