The Book
A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy
Implementing Simple and Effective Dreamwork
Available in paperback, hardback and ebook formats.
A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy demystifies the process of working with dreams by providing both a grounding in the current science of dreaming as well as a simple, practical approach to clinical dream work.
In addition to a survey of the current science and neuroscience of dreaming, this book includes clinical examples of specific techniques with detailed transcripts and follow-up commentary. Chapters cover how to work with PTSD nightmares and how to use experiential dreamwork techniques drawn from current neuroscience to engender lasting change. Readers will be able to discuss their clients’ dream material with confidence, armed with an approach that helps them collaboratively tap into the inherent power for change found in every dream.
Backed by research, common factors analysis and neuroscience, the approaches described in this book provide a clear map for clinicians and others interested in unlocking the healing power inherent in dreams.
Author Dr. Leslie Ellis is a teacher and psychotherapist with a lifelong interest in dreams. She is a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy and she specializes in teaching focusing for dreamwork, and treatment of complex trauma.
What They're Saying...
A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy
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Fast-track to deep waters: Why work with dreams
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Bringing it home: Inviting dreamwork into your practice, and your life
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Common Factors: Toward universal approach to working with dreams
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Mapping the route: The science of dreaming
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Understanding the terrain: The dream is born in metaphor
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From ordinary to sublime: Kinds of dreams
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Navigating the dream divide: Woman in the mirror dream
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The central quest: Finding the life force inherent in all dreams
09.
Avenues of exploration: Visual art and technology
10.
The inner journey: Dreams and the body
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Perfect storms: Working with nightmares and bad dreams
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Fellow travellers: Working with dreams in groups
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How dreams enlarge us: Big dreams
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Transformation: Applying neuroscience to dreamwork
A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy
Implementing Simple and Effective Dreamwork
Available in paperback, hardback and ebook formats.