Abstract
This short case presentation focuses on dreams as a way to open a symbolic play space. Sophie comes to therapy and asks for what we later name “fast food” in order to help her grow, have a healthy intimate relationship, and get married. She begins her work in a state of agitation, very concrete, desperately asking again and again: “What should I do? Is anything going to change soon?” Our main focus is on her desperation, hunger, and requests that I feed her as an omnipotent mother who knows everything about the past, present, and future. There is limited ability to know her mind, use symbolic language, or play with the “food” I offer; rather it is as if Sophie has to immediately “swallow” anything I give her. In the room, the use of food becomes our first playful metaphor. I present four dreams from different points in Sophie's therapy, emphasizing the use of dreams not only to move from concrete to playful and symbolic thinking, but also to enhance her ownership of her own mind and subjectivity to a point when she can “have her own kitchen, cook her own food,” and even feed her analyst.
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