Ellis Leslie (ed.) A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy: Implementing Simple and Effective Dreamwork

Routledge, 2020. — 159 p. — ISBN: 978-0-367-02913-5A 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.In addition to a survey of the current science and neuroscience of dreaming, this book includes clinical examples of specific techniques with detailed transcripts and follow-up commentary. Chapters cover how to work with PTSD nightmares and how to use experiential dreamwork techniques drawn from current neuroscience to engender lasting change. Readers will be able to discuss their clients’ dream material with confidence, armed with an approach that helps them collaboratively tap into the inherent power for change found in every dream.Backed by research, common factors analysis and neuroscience, the approaches described in this book provide a clear map for clinicians and others interested in unlocking the healing power inherent in dreams.Fast-track to deep waters: Why work with dreams?
Bringing it home: Inviting dreamwork into your practice, and your life
Common Factors: Toward universal approach to working with dreams
Mapping the route: The science of dreaming
Understanding the terrain: The dream is born in metaphor
From ordinary to sublime: Kinds of dreams
Navigating the dream divide: Woman in the mirror dream
The central quest: Finding the life force inherent in all dreams
Avenues of exploration: Visual art and technology
The inner journey: Dreams and the body
Perfect storms: Working with nightmares and bad dreams
Fellow travellers: Working with dreams in groups
How dreams enlarge us: Big dreams
Transformation: Applying neuroscience to dreamwork