Margaret Bowater
Biographic Data
| ID | 9202471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Bowater |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowater |
| SIGNATURE | BOWATER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fighting Back
Dreamwork is usually associated with long-term psychotherapy or intensive group work, but it can also be highly effective in short-term counseling when a dream encapsulates an ongoing problem in a client’s life. The transactional analysis literature on dreams is briefly summarized, and relevant research is cited from the growing field of dream studies. Dreamwork can be particularly effective in dealing with recurring nightmares, as shown in a cas…
Ethical Issues for Transactional Analysis Practitioners Doing Dreamwork
The authors are concerned that dreams are undervalued by too many transactional analysis practitioners, most of whom do not appear to use dreamwork in their practices. This neglect raises ethical questions. Berne's valuing and use of dreams is briefly reviewed, and further clinical uses are noted. Case examples of dreamwork demonstrate how the ethical questions can be answered with benefits for clients. The article concludes with a set of ethical…
Redeeming the Fruit Fly
Most of our dreams are symbolic pictorial representations of our response to current issues in our lives, produced by the inner self on the “inner screen” of the mind. The author posits that recurring dreams identify a particular script issue that continues unresolved in the dreamer's life until new insight or wisdom, or a change in the environment, enables the dreamer to change the script. The author has worked with many recurring dreams and nig…
Shutting Out the Dog
In working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, the author has been struck by the power of dreams and nightmares to convey comprehensive “feeling images” of the client's experience, which can not only express without words the emotional impact of early events but also indicate steps in the process of recovery. Such dreams and nightmares seem to be examples of the “world-image” dreams that Eric Berne (1972) referred to as encapsulating the cl…
Facing the Fear of Death
Berne (1947) wrote a chapter on “Dreams and the Unconscious” in his first book, preserved that chapter through two revisions spanning 20 years, and was still mentioning dreams in his final book, especially as a source of insight into script patterns. The author describes a memorable example of working with a 94-year-old man whose script apparently denied death and shows how the dreams and nightmares from his unconscious mind brought the underlyin…
Windows on Your Inner Self
This article describes how dreams can be used in personal growth and therapy, not only to help you clarify issues, but also to facilitate change. Dreams provide metaphors that show how you experience your world, both inwardly and outwardly. They may reflect your behavior patterns, identify script issues, show the effects of trauma, warn you of danger, or inspire you with symbolic visions. They are produced on a kind of “inner stage,” giving you t…
The Fern Monster
This article describes a single session of dreamwork with a 13-year-old boy using transactional analysis and some Jungian theory along with action methods. The client presented a dream that had frightened him, worked for an hour to make sense of it, left with insight into an inner conflict, and changed his behavior accordingly
Dream Work Treatment of Nightmares Using Transactional Analysis
Little attention has been given to dreamwork in the transactional analysis literature, yet dreams can be powerful symbolic statements of a client's emotional processes and can serve as clear indicators of the direction psychotherapy might usefully take. This is particularly true of nightmares, which can be seen as the psyche's equivalent to physical pain in the body. Nightmares are often rooted in historical trauma, neglect, or abuse, compounded …
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Dream Work Treatment of Nightmares Using Transactional Analysis
Little attention has been given to dreamwork in the transactional analysis literature, yet dreams can be powerful symbolic statements of a client's emotional processes and can serve as clear indicators of the direction psychotherapy might usefully take. This is particularly true of nightmares, which can be seen as the psyche's equivalent to physical pain in the body. Nightmares are often rooted in historical trauma, neglect, or abuse, compounded …
The Fern Monster
This article describes a single session of dreamwork with a 13-year-old boy using transactional analysis and some Jungian theory along with action methods. The client presented a dream that had frightened him, worked for an hour to make sense of it, left with insight into an inner conflict, and changed his behavior accordingly
Windows on Your Inner Self
This article describes how dreams can be used in personal growth and therapy, not only to help you clarify issues, but also to facilitate change. Dreams provide metaphors that show how you experience your world, both inwardly and outwardly. They may reflect your behavior patterns, identify script issues, show the effects of trauma, warn you of danger, or inspire you with symbolic visions. They are produced on a kind of “inner stage,” giving you t…
Facing the Fear of Death
Berne (1947) wrote a chapter on “Dreams and the Unconscious” in his first book, preserved that chapter through two revisions spanning 20 years, and was still mentioning dreams in his final book, especially as a source of insight into script patterns. The author describes a memorable example of working with a 94-year-old man whose script apparently denied death and shows how the dreams and nightmares from his unconscious mind brought the underlyin…
Shutting Out the Dog
In working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, the author has been struck by the power of dreams and nightmares to convey comprehensive “feeling images” of the client's experience, which can not only express without words the emotional impact of early events but also indicate steps in the process of recovery. Such dreams and nightmares seem to be examples of the “world-image” dreams that Eric Berne (1972) referred to as encapsulating the cl…
Redeeming the Fruit Fly
Most of our dreams are symbolic pictorial representations of our response to current issues in our lives, produced by the inner self on the “inner screen” of the mind. The author posits that recurring dreams identify a particular script issue that continues unresolved in the dreamer's life until new insight or wisdom, or a change in the environment, enables the dreamer to change the script. The author has worked with many recurring dreams and nig…
Ethical Issues for Transactional Analysis Practitioners Doing Dreamwork
The authors are concerned that dreams are undervalued by too many transactional analysis practitioners, most of whom do not appear to use dreamwork in their practices. This neglect raises ethical questions. Berne's valuing and use of dreams is briefly reviewed, and further clinical uses are noted. Case examples of dreamwork demonstrate how the ethical questions can be answered with benefits for clients. The article concludes with a set of ethical…
Fighting Back
Dreamwork is usually associated with long-term psychotherapy or intensive group work, but it can also be highly effective in short-term counseling when a dream encapsulates an ongoing problem in a client’s life. The transactional analysis literature on dreams is briefly summarized, and relevant research is cited from the growing field of dream studies. Dreamwork can be particularly effective in dealing with recurring nightmares, as shown in a cas…
Psychology (8 works) · Child Therapy and Development (7 works) · Psychoanalysis (7 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Transactional analysis (5 works) · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy (5 works) · Dream (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)