Jennifer A. Neely, LCSW, NCPsyA
Alice Entin, LCSW
This workshop will explore the “social dream,” as we in the United States struggle with a shift from a more libertarian to an increasingly authoritarian government. We will revisit the theory of dream formation, using The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation by Charlotte Beradt (1966) to deepen our understanding of how our social and political lives impact our unconscious and how dreams reveal this. We will seek to answer the questions: “Are our nightmares designed to wake us up? And if so, to what?” Dreams brought in by participants will be discussed and serve as examples on this topic. (Disguise clinical material.)
Bibliography
Beradt, C. (1966), The Third Reich of Dreams, Quadrangle Books, Chicago.
Jennifer A. Neely, LCSW, NCPsyA, is a graduate of and on the Faculty of NPAP. She holds a Master’s degree from NYU Silver School of Social Work. She has taught dream interpretation courses at NPAP, Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis, and Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute. She is a Nationally Certified Psychoanalyst through NAAP and is a member of the Metropolitan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. She enjoys supervising other clinicians. Her private practice is in Greenwich Village, New York City.
After attending the presentation, participants will be able to:
Differentiate between “social dreams” and wish-fulfilment dreams.
Discuss listening for what is unspeakable being put into dream imagery.
2 CE contact hours will be granted to participants with documented attendance and complete evaluation form. It is the responsibility of the participants seeking CE credits to comply with these requirements. Upon completion, a Certificate of Attendance will be emailed to all participants.
