Dreams: The Basics presents introductory and accessible information about what dreams are, where they come from, what they do, and how to understand and work with them.
This book demythologises dream interpretation, with each chapter inviting the reader to ask questions about their own dreams and try exercises. Chapters explore social dreaming, how culture impacts dreams, and their use in counselling, therapy, and analysis. They offer suggestions about how to engage with and develop a skill set to work with dreams. This book summarises the latest thinking and research in this subject, as well as exploring key analytic theorists such as Freud, Jung, and their successors. A glossary is included, along with useful diagrams and images.
The book is aimed at high school and A-level students, undergraduate students, and anyone interested in dreams.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Dreams are a bridge
3 Empathy – culture, religion, and politics
4 Dreams, reflections, memories
5 The natural philosophy of sleep and dreams
6 Depth psychology and dreaming
7 Dreams and therapy
8 Creativity
9 Social and cultural dreaming
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10 Play and the transcendent function