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The Alchemy of Addiction: Drug-Dream research and how this corroborates Jungian Dream and Individuation theory – Sarah Hall

Jung Reading on Dreams (at least one required)

  • Jung C.G. General Aspects of Dream Psychology, 1916/1948. In: Read H., Fordham M., Adler G., McGuire W., editors; Hull R.F.C., translator. The Collected Works of C.G. Jung. Volume 8 Princeton University Press; Princeton, NJ, USA: 1960.
  • Jung C.G. On the Nature of Dreams, 1945/1948. In: Read H., Fordham M., Adler G., McGuire W., editors; Hull R.F.C., translator. The Collected Works of C.G. Jung. Volume 8 Princeton University Press; Princeton, NJ, USA: 1960.
  • Jung C.G. (1934). The Practical Use of Dream-Analysis, 1934. In: Read H., Fordham M., Adler G., McGuire W., editors; Hull R.F.C., translator. The Collected Works of C.G. Jung. Volume 16 Princeton University Press; Princeton, NJ, USA: 1954.

Jungian Dream Research (Essential Reading)

Roesler, C. (2020). ‘Jungian theory of dreaming and contemporary dream research – findings from the research project Structural Dream Analysis’. Journal of Analytical Psychology Volume 65, Issue1 February 2020 Pages 44-62  

Background reading on psychoanalytic theory of addiction (optional)

  • Goodman, A. (1993). The Addictive Process: A Psychoanalytic Understanding. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 21. 89-105. 10.1521/jaap.1.1993.21.1.89.
  • Khantzian, E. J. (1985). The self-medication hypothesis of addictive disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142(11), 1259-1264.

Background Reading on Drug-Dreams (optional)

  • Colace, C. (2014). Drug dreams: Clinical and research implications of dreams about drugs in drug-addicted patients. Karnac Books.
  • Johnson, B. (2001). Drug dreams: a neuropsychoanalytic hypothesis. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 49(1), 75-96.

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