It is exciting to think that dreams might have some “meaning” for us that can help us better
understand and transform our lives. Although many of us have experienced the therapeutic …

Where do our dreams originate from, and what do they tell us? Is there a universal set of
symbols that are common to all dreams, regardless of a person's ethnicity or culture? What …

Presents a new theoretical, clinical, and research approach to dreams. Part I briefly
describes the functional theory of dreams, and contrasts the functional approach with the …

Is a dream a meteorite—a bit of material arriving from a distant place that needs to be
carefully analyzed to give us knowledge about that place (outside or inside us)? Is it a …

This accessible guide to dream interpretation is designed to help clinicians incorporate work
with dreams more effectively into therapy. The author integrates psychodynamic …

There are innumerable theories of dream function (Dallett, 1973). All of them are highly
speculative and difficult to refute in a definitive way, and they therefore linger despite a lack …

The traditional interest in the dream experience had been to foretell the future. It was
believed that the will of God was revealed to prophets in dreams. Some 5% of people in a …

Expanded from a special issue of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, this volume
contains some of the most interesting and promising work on dreams coming from therapists …

In this article, I discuss the importance of working with dreams in therapy and develop a
scientific basis for the practice of dream interpretation. This paper presents:(a) an historical …

The dream exists as an experience extended in time which can be captured in the dream
report as an excellent approximation of the experience. Dreams can be adequately collected …