Working with Dreams and PTSD Nightmares - by Jacquie Lewis (Hardcover)

About the Book

"I wish that Working with Dreams and PTSD Nightmares had been available when I was in graduate school in the mid-1970s. There were few courses on dream interpretation--certainly none at my university. Most of the existing literature was either classic psychoanalytic writing--Freud and Jung--or Calvin Hall's empirical approach. Practical advice on "Here's what you do if a patient brings a dream to therapy ..." was nowhere to be found. Professors of a psychoanalytic persuasion sometimes offered abstract descriptions of dream interpretation. Many behaviorists blithely suggested that trainees tell patients that dreams were not relevant to psychotherapy!"--

Book Synopsis

Both a manual on the various methods for working with dreams and an easily understandable description about dreamwork methods and PTSD nightmares for general readers, this book will benefit psychotherapists, counselors, academics, and students.

Working with Dreams and PTSD Nightmares: 14 Approaches for Psychotherapists and Counselors is an essential tool for anyone seeking to learn how to work with dreams. It covers all major methods in use today, offering outlines of the processes with descriptive examples that make the material come alive for the reader. The clinical examples enable counselors and psychotherapists to be able to see the effectiveness of dreamwork processes, and the text clearly explains techniques so readers can use them in clinical and counseling sessions.

PTSD nightmares are given special attention to serve counselors and therapists who assist PTSD patients in settings such as private practice, mental health centers, community centers, and hospitals. This book is a comprehensive textbook appropriate for courses on psychology and dreams. Readers who are interested in dreamwork methods but have not previously worked in the field will find the information accessible, concise, and clear.

About the Author

Jacquie E. Lewis, PhD, is codirector of the Dream Studies Certificate Program at Saybrook University. She also teaches dream analysis at California Southern University.

Stanley Krippner, PhD, is professor of psychology at Saybrook University, Oakland, a fellow in four APA divisions, and past-president of two divisions (30 and 32).