Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners

A helpful insight into the psychology of dreams for beginners . Only if Freud had lived in times when he could have interacted with the Tibetan Buddhist masters of the Drram yoga :) that would have been a great research he could have done

Starts off slightly interesting and you keep going thinking it will become better and more captivating but it only worsens as he anally dissects and basically covers the same thing over and over Ugh! It's like trying to read a wordy law manual as a book-definitely not for beginners

Personally, I think Siggy was an egotistical, megalomaniac with some serious drug and mommy issues. That said- his "theories" when weighed with his nephew Eddie Bernays propagandist deceptions make a valid argument that egomania is genetic.

This book is very clinically written but then again the author was Freud. I fall asleep reading this book. I wanted to understand the meaning of dreams in a simpler way but this didn't help at all, sorry Freud.

It is a great disappointment to be totally engrossed in a book, and then find yourself in an unknown part without any page numbers to indicate where you are. I really don't know how to rate this work, because I had so much trouble trying to read it on my Kindle Touch.

From what I was able to read,(In between losing my place in runaway Kindle responses.) I was impressed with Freud's pioneering work on the subject. I found the work to be surprisingly informative and not really that far out of date with modern interpretations of both psychology and dream theory.

So my low two star rating is not really a reflection on the book, but is a result of problems with my Kindle.

Actually, I was impressed enough with the book,that I might purchase a hard copy, but this is probably the last serious work I will attempt to read on the Kindle.

The Kindle Touch is a great idea, but is definitely not user friendly. (At least mine is not.)

This book, according to the introduction by Dr. André Tridon, is an abstract from Professor Freud's "magnum opus" on the subject of Dream Psychology. It is a book suitable for a beginner to the topic - and in that it succeeds very well. The book is plainly comprehensible - though some of the terminology used will require a look-up to stay abreast with the abstract concepts that Dr. Freud presents.

The Introduction by Dr. Tridon is itself a valuable overview to the methods and conclusions drawn from Dr. Freud's work and should not be skipped! Later portions of the book require close attention and occasional re-reads. The material is abstract and conceptual, but your increased attention is rewarded. Regardless of whether or not the conclusions convince you as a reader, Dr. Freud's enormous contribution to the body of understanding as well as his specific findings are worth knowing, many of which may seem eerily intuitive.

-----kindle edition-----

Bare bones, but appreciated resurrection of this out-of-print book into e-book form. No page numbers, or index, the TOC is hyperlinked, but does not import to the kindle's GoTo menu. Publication quality ★★★☆☆

...The publishers of the present book deserve credit for presenting to the reading public the gist of Freud's psychology in the master's own words, and in a form which shall neither discourage beginners, nor appear too elementary to those who are more advanced in psychoanalytic study.

Dream psychology is the key to Freud's works and to all modern psychology. With a simple, compact manual such as Dream Psychology there shall be no longer any excuse for ignorance of the most revolutionary psychological system of modern times...

...Sigmund Freud's (1856-1939) attitude toward dream study was, in other words, that of a statistician who does not know, and has no means of foreseeing, what conclusions will be forced on him by the information he is gathering, but who is fully prepared to accept those unavoidable conclusions.

This was indeed a novel way in psychology...

Five facts of first magnitude were made obvious to the world by his interpretation of dreams.

First of all, Freud pointed out a constant connection between some part of every dream and some detail of the dreamer's life during the previous waking state...

Secondly, Freud, after studying the dreamer's life and modes of thought, after noting down all his mannerisms and the apparently insignificant details of his conduct which reveal his secret thoughts, came to the conclusion that there was in every dream the attempted or successful gratification of some wish, conscious or unconscious.

Thirdly, he proved that many of our dream visions are symbolical, which causes us to consider them as absurd and unintelligible; the universality of those symbols, however, makes them very transparent to the trained observer.

Fourthly, Freud showed that sexual desires play an enormous part in our unconscious, a part which puritanical hypocrisy has always tried to minimize, if not to ignore entirely.

Finally, Freud established a direct connection between dreams and insanity, between the symbolic visions of our sleep and the symbolic actions of the mentally deranged...

André Tridon

To say that clarity and conciseness aren't attributes of this work is akin to saying that the Grand Canyon is a big hole in the ground; although mild in its use of terms, it is laborious and unenlightening to read.

Freud is the father of modern psychology and he established the psychoanalytical point of view. No one who is not well grounded in Freudian lore can hope to achieve any work of value in the field of psychoanalysis.

The publishers of the present book deserve credit for presenting to the reading public the gist of Freud's psychology in the master's own words, and in a form which shall neither discourage beginners, nor appear too elementary to those who are more advanced in psychoanalytic study.

Dream psychology is the key to Freud's works and to all modern psychology.

Freud's theories are anything but theoretical.

He was moved by the fact that there always seemed to be a close connection between his patients' dreams and their mental abnormalities, to collect thousands of dreams and to compare them with the case histories in his possession.

He did not start out with a preconceived bias, hoping to find evidence which might support his views. He looked at facts a thousand times "until they began to tell him something." His attitude toward dream study was, in other words, that of a statistician who does not know, and has no means of foreseeing, what conclusions will be forced on him by the information he is gathering, but who is fully prepared to accept those unavoidable conclusions.

This was indeed a novel way in psychology.

Five facts of first magnitude were made obvious to the world by his interpretation of dreams.

First of all, Freud pointed out a constant connection between some part of every dream and some detail of the dreamer's life during the previous waking state. This positively establishes a relation between sleeping states and waking states and disposes of the widely prevalent view that dreams are purely nonsensical phenomena coming from nowhere and leading nowhere.

Secondly, Freud, after studying the dreamer's life and modes of thought, after noting down all his mannerisms and the apparently insignificant details of his conduct which reveal his secret thoughts, came to the conclusion that there was in every dream the attempted or successful gratification of some wish, conscious or unconscious.

Thirdly, he proved that many of our dream visions are symbolical, which causes us to consider them as absurd and unintelligible; the universality of those symbols, however, makes them very transparent to the trained observer.

Fourthly, Freud showed that sexual desires play an enormous part in our unconscious, a part which puritanical hypocrisy has always tried to minimize, if not to ignore entirely.

Finally, Freud established a direct connection between dreams and insanity, between the symbolic visions of our sleep and the symbolic actions of the mentally deranged.

(Andre Tridon)

This is an excellent book which explains the principles of psychoanalysis in easy to understand term. You with enjoy this book whether you are a psychiatrist or a novice who is interested in the topic. I give this book a 5 Star Excellent rating. By Gregg L. Friedman MD, Psychiatrist.

I recognize that dreams are not the doorway to the unconscious but rather the window to the unconscious mind, its desires, impulses, and motivations. People like to give their egos and conscious minds too much credit for the decisions and actions in their daily lives

This basic on Freud provides some clear insights. Worth a read if you want to understand the underpinings of Freud's theories and how they are playing out today. --PJ Adams, author of Freud's Revenge

I strongly recommend Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for people who really appreciate enticing theories and other possiblities. You will be attached to this book for a while gathering as much information as possible.