Methods, Approaches, and Theories:

Freud teaches us to pay attention to punning in the dream. Dreams love puns!

Dreaming of a Lion in your living room? Listen to the sound of the world “lion” and wonder, is this dream in any way about someone telling lies? Is the Lion at work? Is someone “lion” down on the job?

A woman who in her past worked as an erotic dancer had a dream that ended with the thought “its just hormones,” that she used to minimize all the content that came before. Upon further exploration, it became clear that she didn’t believe she had a right to take herself seriously because her concerns where just “whore moans.”

Punning in dreams can be a potent way to listen into resonances of the dream, to open it into new layers of meaning.

Try this: Tell your dream to a friend you trust with the idea that they will listen for puns in the dream. See what happens. It  can be a very insightful way to begin wondering about dreams and what they are saying, how they apply to life now, what they are attempting to inform you about.

Enjoy!