I was wondering if in the decades since Freud and Jung developed Dream
interpretation, if anyone has noticed any effort at integration of the two
distinct approaches.  It is also interesting that while Freud's ideas
were expanded upon with Ego psychology, Object Relations etc., Jung seems
to lack any expansions of his approaches.  I find this interesting because
it has always been my impression that Jungian and Freudian psychology has
been so vastly different.  Correctly if anyone disagrees but it seems that
Jung was far more directive.  His word-association I see as much different
than the non-directive approach of free-association.  A Freudian would be
more inclined to avoid any stimulus word or anything "leading..."  instead
the
Freudian would start a session with "What shall we discuss today" and leave
it to
the individual to just talk freely.  This is often met with "nothing is
coming to mind, "
so often by myself.
    Just the idea of the archetypes and the collective unconscious suggest
in my
observation something to seek out and expand patient's associations.  I know
I may
be exaggerating the difference but I was going to get to dream
interpretation as an
example.  It doesn't seem that Jung believed so much in a latent content
underlying the
manifest content of dreams.  Jung might have looked at the actual content of
the
remembered dream imagery seeking to interpret from there, from the manifest
surface
content of a dream.  Whereas, Freud seemed to see the manifest content as
meaningless
and only an encryption (a word I have found useful as a metaphor) of the
latent dream
symbols...  where every part of a dream is translated into something else
and common
themes are drawn out.  I wanted to get feedback on this.  To me there has
always seemed
to be a great division between the two schools and I'm not just referring to
Jung's expansion
of motivations/repressions beyond the sexual/agressive.  Whereas, Jungian
dream
interpretation might involve statements about the meaning of dreaming about
certain themes -
i.e. nakedness or being incompletely dressed related to not filling the
role - Freudian analysis
would seem to first find the associations that represent the latent content
ideas.  Perceived
experiences in dreams only being symbolic of something else to be explored
in the underlying
themes gathered from all associations.
    Also, it is unclear to me in Freudian writing if
the dream thought that created the manifest dream image would be similar to
seeking out the
underlying latent dream ideas/themes?
Thanks in advance,
Bruce
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