Dreaming Ourselves into Existence

“The work of dreaming is the psychological work through which we create personal, symbolic meaning, thereby becoming ourselves. It is in this sense that we dream ourselves into existence as analysts [therapists], analysands [patients], supervisors, parents, friends, and so on. In the absence of dreaming, we cannot learn from our lived experience and consequently remained trapped in an endless, unchanging present.”

— from Gabbard, G. O., & Ogden, T. H. (2009). On becoming a psychoanalyst. The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 90(2), 311–327.