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Pages 179-190
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article describes the use of dreamwork in group therapy and the analysis of dreams with a focus on the evolution of the group imago over time. The model used involves exploratory analysis with an emphasis on the creative process of the dream and the cocreation of the discussion about the dream in the group. The author describes the way in which, in the process of deconfusion and healing, the group imago is modified and differentiated by the script themes, thus enriching the inner and interpersonal world of patients with new healing and integrative experiences. The dreamwork method used follows the ethical rules described by Bowater and Sherrard (2011), summed up in these keywords: ownership, respect, privacy, dialogue, meaning, and caution.

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Anna Emanuela Tangolo

Author Biography
Anna Emanuela Tangolo is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), a psychotherapist, and the director of the PerFormat Psychotherapy Specializing School in Pisa and Catania, Italy. She founded PerFormat Salute, a professional network for the promotion of psychophysical health involving over 80 professionals, including counselors, psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists representing over 20 specialty practices around Italy, all of whom share the same TA ethical code and methodology. Anna Emanuela can be reached at Performat, via Giuntini, 25, 56023 Navacchio, Pisa, Italy; email: .