Counterdreamers

Download or read book Counterdreamers written by Miriam Botbol and published by Phoenix Publishing House. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counterdreaming' is Donald Meltzer's term for the psychoanalytic reverie that arises from the countertransference during the session, in response to the analysand's own dreams and phantasies. He writes: 'It is difficult to explain the technique of counterdreaming... I compare it with waiting in the dark for the deer, grazing at night, seen by their flashing white tails.' This nocturnal vigilance is on the alert for movement of the quarry, part object minimal movements which with patience can be seen to form a pattern of incipient meaning cast before.