Book presentation - Dream. From Analytical Psychology to Jungian Psychodrama.

Dear colleagues,

we are glad to invite you to a Book Presentation to introduce the book

IL SOGNO. DALLA PSICOLOGIA ANALITICA ALLO PSICODRAMMA JUNGHIANO (DREAM. FROM
ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY TO JUNGIAN PSYCHODRAMA) (FrancoAngeli, Milano 2009,
496 pp.) Edited by Maurizio Gasseau and Riccardo Bernardini

Prof. Gian Piero Quaglino (University of Torino), Prof.Giorgio Blandino
(University of Torino), and Dr. Claudio Giacobbe (COIRAG, APRAGIP, Genova)
will participate at the Public Talk together with the editors.

The Public Talk will be held at the Rectorate Palace of the University of
Torino (Via Verdi, 8, and Via Po, 17), on Thursday, 3th December 2009, at 9
p.m.

Information: Tel.: +39 011 670 20 50 E-mail:

riccardo.bernardini@unito.it

Looking forward to meet you on this special occasion, the editors send you
their sincerest regards.

Maurizio Gassaeau and Riccardo Bernardini

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Book's abstract

Dreams are a natural and spontaneous expression of the life forces of the
individual, according to Carl Gustav Jung. In other words, a dream is like
an inner theatre where the dreamer is the scene, the actor, the prompter,
the director, the author, the audience, and the critic all in one, as Jung
put it.

This anthology opens up a dialogue on both sides - theory and clinical
practice - as it presents a panorama of essays by analyst-psychologists,
dream scholars and psycho-dramatists. These essays focus on some basic
theoretical issues in interpreting dreams and on some features of the
clinical work on dreams in individual analysis and in Jungian psychodrama
groups.

The first part of the anthology covers dreams in ancient cultures from the
incubation rites in ancient Egypt to the temples of Asclepius in the
Mediterranean. The cult of Asclepius is examined in the light of analytical
psychology in as much as analytical psychology has always found nourishment
and material in comparative studies. The second part treats the
interpretation of dreams within the theory and practice of analytical
psychology. It tries to answer a number of questions. Can we posit the
existence of dreams that foretell the future? How can we work on prospective
dreams, nightmares, and recurring dreams? What meaning does a series of
dreams have? How can we dialogue with dreams without taking the life out of
the dream images? The third part goes into dream work in Jungian
psychodrama. It underlines the theoretical continuity of dream work with the
structures of analytical psychology and lays out the ways that different
kinds of dreams are represented, conducted, and expanded upon in groups.

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Prof. Maurizio Gasseau

Psicologo, Psicoterapeuta

Prof. Associato di Psicologia Dinamica

Università della Valle d'Aosta

Aosta

Tel. +39.3482719909

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Prof. Maurizio Gasseau

Psychologist, Psychotherapist

Associate Professor of Dynamic Psychology

University of Valle d'Aosta

Aosta, Italy

Tel. +39.3482719909