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Book cover image of What do Children Dream? by Gerard Bleandonu

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)

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Author Biography: Gerard Bleandonu

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

1Young children's dreams7
2Playing, maybe dreaming14
3Adolescents and dreams24
4Ways of dreaming in childhood33
5Dreams in the laboratory45
6Can blind children dream without the use of their eyes?52
7Night terrors, sleepwalking and nightmares60
8Post-traumatic dreams69
9The formulation of dreams and the dreamer's mentalisation79
10Foetal dreams88
11From the mental image to visual thinking96
12Culture inscribes dreams in myths, tales and legends103
13Dreams as a source of literary works110

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