ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on enclosed spaces of theatre and therapy to being in the outside world, with the dimension of dreams and the telling of dreams seen as strengthening the capacity to be securely embodied in one’s time. For the child dreamer whose teacher was eaten by a monster and for the child writer of My Thoughts, this seems a good enough world for psychological growth, where playing and interpretation spring from a centred, aware self. By linking images, dreams and destiny, C. G. Jung recognizes that both asleep-dreaming and daydreaming, in forging strong temporal links, assist in the consolidation of the self. Particularly in those cultures where people take for granted a more multi-dimensional world of dreams and spirits dream-telling plays an essential part in family life and childhood. The benefit of telling asleep dreams and the vulnerability of the sleeper emerged in a single dream-session among a group of Local Authority playworkers.
