Dreams, a Portal to the Source

First published in 1991. An introductory guidebook to dream interpretation which will be of interest to analysts and therapists both in practice and training and to a wider readership interested in the origins and significance of dreams. This book should be of interest to dream psychology analysts, therapists, counsellors, and the general reader.

Autorentext
Edward C. Whitmont, Sylvia Brinton Perera

Klappentext

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
An introductory guidebook to dream interpretation which will be of interest to both professionals and trainees wanting an account of the origin and significance of dreams.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements; 1 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL DREAM INTERPRETATION; 2 WORKING WITH THE DREAM IN CLINICAL PRACTICE; 3 THE SITUATION AS IT IS; The dream-ego; Developmental possibilities through dream work; 4 THE LANGUAGE OF DREAMS; Image; Allegory; Symbols; Rebus; 5 ASSOCIATION, EXPLANATION, AMPLIFICATION: THE DREAM FIELD; Associations; Explanation; Emotions and bodily reactions; 'Trivial' dreams; Fantasy, imagination, and enactment; Affect and feeling quality; Amplification; The therapist's responses; 6 COMPENSATION AND COMPLEMENTATION: OBJECT AND SUBJECT LEVELS; Compensation and complementation; Object and subject levels in dreams; Dramatization; Application of the compensation and complementation principle in dreamers with undeveloped or fragmented egos; 7 THE DRAMATIC STRUCTURE OF THE DREAM; General overview of the dream drama; Dramatic structure; 8 MYTHOLOGICAL MOTIFS; Recognizing mythological motifs; The interplay of archetypal and personal material; Dealing with mythological motifs; Some special motifs; The life play; Birth; Chapter ildren; Animals; Interpreting mythological material; 9 TECHNICAL POINTS; Time sequence; The re-evaluating function of the dream; The day residue; Dream series; Variations on a theme; Nightmares; 10 PROGNOSIS FROM DREAMS; Dreams of death or illness; 11 BODY IMAGERY; Sexuality; Imagery of body orifices; 12 DREAMS OF THERAPY AND THE FIGURE OF THE THERAPIST; The actual reality of the therapist; Transference reactions; The inner therapist; Countertransference dynamics; Induction by the therapist; Dreams of the process of therapy; Variations on the theme of the therapy process; Images of alternative therapists; The archetypal transference in dreams; Dreams of therapy for the therapist only; Therapist's dreams about the client; 13 CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; List of dreams; Index;