Frederick
Perls (1893-1970) was the founder of Gestalt therapy which seek to fill
our emotional voids so that we can become a unified whole. Perls believed
that dreams contain the rejected, disowned parts of the Self. Every
character and every object in a dream represents an aspect of ourselves.
Thus, he rejected the notion that dream imagery was part of
a universal
symbolic language. Each dream is unique to the individual who
dreams it.
Perls
believed that in order to discover what aspect of yourself is being
disowned, it is important to retell your dream in the present tense.
Additionally, it is equally important to verbalize how each each every
component in your dream felt, even inanimate objects. It may help to even
act out the dream and play different roles. Start a dialogue with the
dream object and express how you feel toward each other. By taking
on a different role within your dream, you may then be able to
acknowledge and realize feelings that you may have overlooked or buried.
Frederick
Perls (1893-1970) was the founder of Gestalt therapy which seek to fill
our emotional voids so that we can become a unified whole. Perls believed
that dreams contain the rejected, disowned parts of the Self. Every
character and every object in a dream represents an aspect of ourselves.
Thus, he rejected the notion that dream imagery was part of 