Recollecting the contents of a dream he had during his first year of psychoanalytic training, the Author integrates the original elaboration with the theoretical contributions on oneiric phenomena that were pro-duced in the following years. Through his reconsideration in après coup of the past analysis and the experience gained within the psychoanalytic organization, the Au-thor highlights some constants in the several steps a training process is composed of. The description that follows can be read at two different levels: a more complex reading of the old dream seems to allow a reflection on the interaction between psychotherapists-to-be and the organization they belong to.
Keywords: Dream, training, organization, après coup.