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‘I’m in my Frock …’ By Gilly Rochester

Do you believe that your dreams are telling you something? Carl Jung was probably the first psychotherapist to treat the Psyche with respect and who believed that through dreams, soul communicates and is allowed into life. His philosophy paid particular attention to our transpersonal nature – in other words, aspects of our identity that are beyond the personal, everyday, phenomenal reality. He also believed that all the people we dream about are really aspects of our Self.

So, if we are being chased by the bogey-man, it might be an aspect or trait in us that is denied, not known, a repressed psychic content that is trying to communicate. But because it is unacknowledged, it appears as something frightening – shadowy. In Dream Therapy, we acknowledge these aspects of Self and enter into dialogue with them. In this way, we are enabled to dig deeper into Psyche to uncover deep-seated feelings and tendencies that, when expressed, may help us overcome anxiety, stress, or indeed, help us to do what Jung named, individuate and achieve wholeness.

Do you have a dream image you would like to share?

Next week, I will talk a little about The Shadow.

Many thanks to Gilly Rochester for the amazing painting, which will be featured in The All The Lonely People Anthology…Coming Soon!

About Dr Niamh

When I was a little girl (a very, very long time ago), I used to love learning new, really big words like ‘discombobulate’. As I grew, my love of words grew too, until I loved them so much, I could not stop writing them down. One day, as I was scribbling a particular word, a very peculiar thing happened. The word shouted at me, “Stop! Don’t put me there!” As you can imagine, I was shocked and nearly fell off my chair. When I recovered somewhat, I said to the word, “Could you stop shouting, please? I am not used to it.” Can you guess what happened next? No! I thought not. The word said, “I might be small, but I will misbehave if you do not use me properly. I will not tell the story you would like me to tell. I will say something entirely different!” I dropped my pen. I hoped that by dropping my pen, the word would stop talking. Alas! It did not. It carried on chitterchobbling, even after the ink had dried. I was in a pickle. I could not allow my words to run away with my story, now could I? I don’t know about you, but when this sort of thing happens, there is only one thing left to do if you prefer not to spend your time arguing. “Very well,” said I. “I will do as you ask if you will just be quiet and allow me to concentrate.” Since that day, I have been paying special attention to every word I invite into my stories. After all, a story should say exactly what it means to say and not be led astray. With love from Dr. Niamh, Ph.D in Learning Through The Imagination and Founder of Dr Niamh Children's Books. www.drniamhchildrensbooks.com

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