Dreams, a Portal to the Source: A Guide to Dream Interpretation » (REPRINT)

In Dreams, A Portal to the Source Edward C. Whitmont and Sylvia Brinton Perera, both leading Jungian analysts, provide an extensive guide to dream interpretation. Practical in approach, it is designed primarily for psychoanalysts and therapists who wish to integrate dream interpretation into their clinical practice. Among the topics covered are the language of dream images; the relations between the dream and the dreamer's conscious positions; the interplay between archetypal and personal levels; the dream's dramatic structure; body imagery in dreams; and the relevance of dreams to transference and countertransference.

Booknews

The authors, Jungian analysts, write for psychoanalysts and therapists who wish to integrate dream interpretation into their clinical practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Chapter One: Introduction to Clinical Dream Interpretation Chpater Two: Working With The Dream In Clinical Practice Chapter Three: The Situation As It Is Chapter Four: The Language Of Dreams Chapter Five: Association, Explanation, Amplification: The Dream Field Chapter Six:

Compensation and Complementation: Object and Subject Levels Chapter Seven: The Dramatic Structure of the Dream Chapter Eight: Mythological Motifs Chapter Nine: Technical Points Chapter Ten: Prognosis For Dreams Chapter Eleven: Body Imagery

It transcends all factions with a largeness of view that contains them all. All the well-known approaches to dream analysis are given their due. . . (Psychological Perspectives - 1991)

critical thinking are harmoniously interwoven with the wisdom accumulated in years of clinical practice . . . the volume [is] successful, rewarding, and important (Quadrant - 1990)

explication of both the basics and the subtleties of the clinical approach to the dream make it accessible to clinicians at all levels (Psychoanalytic Books - 1992)