Edward C. Whitmont, Sylvia Brinton Perera

Dreams, A Portal to the Source

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781138834538
• ISBN-10: 113883453X
• Artikelnr.: 41252900

Autorenporträt

Edward C. Whitmont, Sylvia Brinton Perera

Inhaltsangabe

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

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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;