Dream Work in Therapy: Facilitating Exploration, Insight and Action

This book discusses the theoretical basis of the model and provides clear instructions for implementing it in practice. Through the use of valuable clinical examples, chapter authors present extensions of the model in specific settings and populations, such as groups, men, the bereaved, and nightmare sufferers. Of particular interest to readers will be the last part of the book, which describes how to train therapists to use the model and provides a detailed review of the model's empirical research. This approach offers therapists and their clients a structured but flexible method for maximizing the therapeutic benefits of working with dreams.

This text for researchers and clinicians explores Clara E. Hill's (psychology, U. of Maryland, College Park) cognitive- experiential model for working with dreams. In the first section, Hill describes the three stages of the model: exploration, insight, and action. This is followed by seven contributions by Hill's colleagues and students on the uses of the model in specific settings and populations (groups, men, etc.). The final section offers suggestions for conducting further research and training therapists to work with the dream model. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR