Working with dreams in psychotherapy

The therapists' perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID3900548
AuthorsRachel E Crook, Clara E Hill (0000-0003-4334-0825)
Year2003
Volume13
Issue2
Pages83-93
Publication date2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDreaming (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1023/a:1023350025033
OpenAlexW2039272045
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited6

129 therapists completed a 70-item questionnaire about working with dreams in psychotherapy. Almost all therapists (92%) worked with dreams in psychotherapy at least occasionally. Therapists reported that 15% of clients had brought dreams into therapy during the past year. Therapists engaged more in exploratory than insight- or action-oriented activities when working with dreams. They were more likely to work on dreams with clients who had troubling dreams or who were interested in working on dreams, but were unlikely to work on dreams with schizophrenic or psychotic clients. Those clinicians who were more likely to work with dreams had more training, higher estimated dream recall, more positive attitudes toward dreams, and did more personal dream work than clinicians who were not likely to work with dreams

Perspective (graphical · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Child Therapy and Development · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Sleep and Wakefulness Research