A Clinicians Guide to Dream Therapy

A Clinician's Guide to Dream Therapy demystifies the process of working with dreams by providing both a grounding in the current science of dreaming as well as a simple, practical approach to clinical dream work.

Autorentext

Leslie Ellis is an author, teacher and psychotherapist with a lifelong interest in dreams. She is a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy and she specializes in teaching focusing, dreamwork and nightmare treatment.

Klappentext

A Clinician's Guide to Dream Therapy demystifies the process of working with dreams by providing both a grounding in the current science of dreaming as well as a simple, practical approach to clinical dream work.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Fast-track to deep waters: Why work with dreams? 2. Bringing it home: Inviting dreamwork into your practice, and your life 3. Common factors: Toward a universal dreamwork method 4. Mapping the route: The science of dreaming 5. Understanding the terrain: The dream is born in metaphor 6. From ordinary to sublime: Kind of dreams 7. Navigating the dream divide: Woman in the mirror dream 8. The central quest: Finding the life force inherent in dreams 9. Avenues of exploration: Visual art and technology 10. The inner journey: Dreams and the body 11. Perfect storms: Working with nightmares and bad dreams 12. Nightmares and health: Why treatment is imperative 13. Nightmare Relief: An embodied experiential treatment protocol 14. Fellow travellers: Working with dreams in groups 15. How dreams enlarge us: Big dreams 16. Transformation: Dreamwork as a catalyst for change Index