Therapy with Dreams and Nightmares

′The author′s wealth of experience as a therapist and knowledge and understanding of dreams make this an essential read for all aspiring counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists as well as for more experienced practitioners seeking to enhance their practice′ - Professor Sue Wheeler, Director of Doctoral Programme, Institute of Lifelong Learning ′Counselling with Dreams and Nightmares is a comprehensive introduction for counsellors and psychological therapists interested in tapping into rich seams of meaning and emotion to enhance their clinical work. Covering individual and group work, this new edition incorporates developments in imagery, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and the impact of early abuse. Written from the author′s extensive professional experience and illustrated with invaluable case studies, the book′s strength lies in integrating perspectives from many different psychotherapeutic disciplines, from psychoanalytic to cognitive. Delia Cushway′s book is accessible to psychological therapists of all theoretical orientations, as well as anyone keen to understand and work with their own dreams. I personally found the book fascinating, illuminating not only my client′s material but also my own night-life. I particularly liked the book′s cognitive model, drawing on historical, physiological, psychoanalytic and gestalt methods but working within a cognitive framework - dreams are manifestations of our personal meanings and concerns, offering direct access to our cognitive, emotional and embodied schema and can only be interpreted and used by ourselves. The book is a broad-sweep introduction but with references to further material and reading throughout′ - Diana Sanders, Counselling Psychologist and BABCP Accredited Cognitive Psychotherapist, Oxford

• Introduction and Background to DreamworkTheories and Models of DreamworkThe Language of DreamsObjective Approaches to Working with DreamsSubjective and Constructivist Approaches to Working with DreamsWorking with NightmaresPost-Traumatic Nightmares and Night TerrorsGroup and Creative Methods in DreamworkThemes and Issues in Dreamwork