Therapy With Dreams and Nightmares Theory, Research and Practice

includes index and biblioraphy

introduction and background to dreamwork .......1 Historical Perspective............2 Research into Sleep and dreaming ...........5 2. Theories and models of Dreamwork .......10 Freud`s Theory of Dreams .........11 Jung`s theory of Dreams .......14 Perl`s Gestalt model of Dreams ........15 Faraday`s Theory of Dreams ....16 Cognitive theories of Dreams ...........18 An integrationist model of Dreamwork .......20 3. The language of Dreams ........22 Principles of symbolic interpretations ..........22 Dream language ..................27 4. Objective approaches to working with Dreams ......36 Recounting a dream in Stages ............37 Objectifying a dream in stages ..............42 Key questions .....................46 Cognitive method .....51 Dream analysis recod............52 5. Subjective and constructivist approaches to Working with dreams.............55 6. working with nightmares..........71 Post-traumatic nightmares and night terrors ....93 8. group and creative methods in Dreamwork ................111 9. Themes and practical issues in Dreamwork ............131