AbstractsPsychology

Two different psychologies, Jungian Analytical Psychology and Feeling Therapy have both claimed that transformation occurs in individuals who have experienced these modalities. This thesis served as a pilot study to attempt to determine whether there was a significant difference in scores for self-actualization, determined by results of Shostrum' s Personal Orientation Inventory, and if there was a difference in scores for dream awareness, expression and transformation, determined by the results of the Dream Capabilities Assessment Test. The Personal Orientation Inventory is standardized, therefore, the sample groups from Jungian Therapy, Feeling Therapy, a group from mixed modalities, and a control group were compared with the mean. The results indicated that all three therapy groups scores were significant at the .01 level on the Inner-Directed scale. Since this study was quasi-experimental, it cannot be inferred that therapy caused this difference. The dream test was not standardized, therefore, this study could not show any significance for this test. It is notable that the scores for all three therapy groups were remarkably close.