Master's thesis discusses group dream work as a form of support for increasing the individual's self-awareness. Working with dreams encourages creativity, opens up the possibilities of self-knowing and helps individuals to guide their life paths. One of the fundamental concepts of social pedagogy is the empowerment of individuals for problem solving and self-development. For this purpose, social educational profession develops and uses a number of methods and approaches. Working with dreams is one of the possible ways which is still fairly unexplored in our country. The theoretical part covers the definition of the phenomenon of dreaming, its psychological interpretations and the connection of dreams and self-awareness. It continues with a description of the approaches and ways of working with dreams, which were followed in both research groups, and the positive effects of inclusion in the group. The qualitative study included eleven people who, in addition to the daily monitoring of their dreams and linking them with wakefulness, were also active members of the group. The role of the group was supporting and motivating individuals to the use of different techniques to explore their dreams and connecting them with wakefulness. The empirical part is divided into two parts, individual and group research process. It represents the findings related to the characteristics of the individual processes of exploration of dreams, experience of involvement in the group and the characteristics of the group process in both groups. I wanted to find out the meaning participants place on dreams, what is going on in their relationship to dreams during the research process, how dreams help them with their self-awareness and how they perceive the involvement in the group. Data was drawn mainly from individual interviews, which were conducted at the beginning and end of the process, mid-term evaluation and final evaluation in both groups. Data was supplemented with the reports of the meetings, which were recorded after each meeting, and the diary notes which the participants wrote about their daily lives and dreams of three months. The findings suggest that the active dream work changes their role in the lives of individuals and relationship to them. Dreams became more important part of most individual’s lives and they, in various ways, support the understanding and accepting of one’s self. During the process they came up with insights that can be used for better quality of life. Both groups shared personal issues, they supported each other and accepted one another. Within groups we told our stories and created a common story of true human meeting that enriches life.
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