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This paper concerns itself with general issues related to Latinos1 and psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy. It focuses on basic principles of dream analysis, and correlates several Latino world-view expectations of the treatment situation to three specific psychoanalytic approaches, techniques, or conditions that are conducive to more effective work with Latinos. In order to provide what Winnicott (1972) has called a “facilitating environment,” it is suggested that (1) the therapist attend to culture and personality systems as if they were interdependent and not separate, (2) the therapist not overemphasize the importance of psychopathology and ignore the creative functions of the unconscious also reflected in dreams, and (3) the therapist be actively involved as a participant observer in an interpersonal process when working with dreams.
Over the last decade, researchers in the field of Hispanic mental health have demonstrated that mental health facilities are underutilized