ABSTRACT
A dream image is “constructed”, therefore, simply because there is a shift in the image—an association—that has meaning. The art of interpreting dreams, therefore, is the art of unlocking the symbol and seeing what the image can represent. To interpret a dream, therefore, the dreamer and the dream interpreter need simply to look at the essential qualities of the dream image; thus, a crocodile might be associated with something primitive, frightening, and voracious; a baby might be associated with vulnerability, dependency, neediness, and interactiveness; a journey might be associated with change, progression, development, new experience, and so on and so on. If one deconstruct the uncle dream, it could be spelt out as follows: the dreamer has recently begun counselling and is unconsciously concerned with trustworthiness and helpfulness and, specifically, with the issue of how trustworthy and helpful their new counsellor is.
