Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy

Clara E. Hill, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland. She is the Editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and the Past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Her current research interests include studying the efficacy of dream interpretation and the process and outcome of psychotherapy.

This book provides a straightforward and clearly written manual on working with dreams in psychotherapy. The book is jargon-free and very easy to read. It should be useful to therapists or counselors of any theoretical persuasion in their work with dreams. --Ernest Hartmann, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University; Director, Sleep Disorder Center, Newton-Wellesley Hospital; Author of The Nightmare and Boundaries in the MindDreams have waited a very long time to be admitted to the club of mainstream respectability. Finally, this feat has been accomplished by a distinguished scholar, researcher, scientist, and clinician. Thank you, Clara Hill, for this achievement, and for putting your own stamp on dream interpretation. --Al R. Mahrer, Ph.D., University of Ottawa, author of Dream Work in Psychotherapy and Self-Change...a well presented, well referenced, and balanced overview of the role of dreams in psychotherapy...this is also a very practical book... --J. Solis, Clinical Gerontologist-

• I. Background1. The Role of Dream Interpretation in Therapy2. Sleep and Dreaming3. History of Dream InterpretationII. Explication of the Cognitive Experiential Model of Dream Formation and Dream Interpretation4. A Cognitive Experiential Model of Dream Formation and Dream Interpretation5. Exploration Stage6. Insight Stage7. Action Stage8. Therapeutic Issues in Using the Dream Interpretation ModelIII. Clinical Examples of Using theCognitive Experiential Model in Therapy9. Single-Session Dream Interpretation10. Individual Therapy with Recurrent Dreams and Nightmares11. Dream GroupsIV. Empirical Research on Dreams and Therapy12. A Review of the Research on Dreams and TherapyAppendix: A Manual for Self-Guided Dream Interpretation Using the Hill Model of Dream Interpretation, Clara E. Hill, Kristin J. Heaton, and David Petersen