ABSTRACT
The interpretation of dreams has been practiced mostly in two-person situations. In modern times, in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, the most typical situation is for a patient to tell a dream in a session, along with associations, and for the dream then to be interpreted by the clinician and patient. The dream-group leader is responsible for enforcing the rules to keep the dreamer feeling safe. The dream group starts with a volunteer reciting his dream to the group. All the other group members write down the dream on paper. As a dream group continues to meet over a long period, the group members at times become restless with the standard Ullman structure and express wishes to experiment with different procedures. The group process can make the dreamer, and the dream-group members vulnerable. In addition, group members may have feelings about other aspects of group participation.
