Authors: Gerard Bleandonu, Sophie Leigton
ISBN-13: 9781853437298, ISBN-10: 1853437298
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Free Association Books Limited
Date Published: November 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
In this book, Gerard Bleandonu applies his expertise as an experienced child psychotherapist. With reference to case studies, he explains both the content of children's dreams and the functions they serve. This material includes drawings children have used to portray their dreams, which often shed valuable light on their meaning. In this investigative study, the author combines his psychoanalytic knowledge with recent findings in neurophysiology, which have improved our understanding of the processes governing children's dreams from the earliest days of life to the brink of adulthood. Finally, the author explores the cultural role of dreaming in mythology and literary creation.
1 | Young children's dreams | 7 |
2 | Playing, maybe dreaming | 14 |
3 | Adolescents and dreams | 24 |
4 | Ways of dreaming in childhood | 33 |
5 | Dreams in the laboratory | 45 |
6 | Can blind children dream without the use of their eyes? | 52 |
7 | Night terrors, sleepwalking and nightmares | 60 |
8 | Post-traumatic dreams | 69 |
9 | The formulation of dreams and the dreamer's mentalisation | 79 |
10 | Foetal dreams | 88 |
11 | From the mental image to visual thinking | 96 |
12 | Culture inscribes dreams in myths, tales and legends | 103 |
13 | Dreams as a source of literary works | 110 |