This chapter addresses the use of social dreaming to facilitate shared understanding of complex problems, such as coping with a pandemic or understanding climate anxiety. By creating a safe, containing space where unconscious thoughts and feelings are encouraged, a collective refusal to over-simplify complexity emerges. Although not therapy, social dreaming has therapeutic effects, containing anxiety, fear and trauma associated with climate change within the safety of dreams and a shared collage of images and associations.
Beyond the Ego and Towards Complexity through Social Dreaming
2024
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This chapter addresses the use of social dreaming to facilitate shared understanding of complex problems, such as coping with a pandemic or understanding climate anxiety. By creating a safe, containing space where unconscious thoughts and feelings are encouraged, a collective refusal to over-simplify complexity emerges. Although not therapy, social dreaming has therapeutic effects, containing anxiety, fear and trauma associated with climate change within the safety of dreams and a shared collage of images and associations.
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