This article (Part II) presents the detailed analysis of one dream in order to illustrate the Dream Understanding Exercise (DUE), a method of study presented in Part I. In the five-step method the dream and associations are recorded, followed by an analysis of content; an identification and expansion of the underlying script; an investigation of the dream characters' problem solving; and a look at problem solving at the organismic level. The method is evaluated and discussed in terms of the problem-solving function of dreams.
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