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Children’s Dreams in Clinical Practice

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  1. Stephen Catalano
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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  3. Dream Content: Theory and Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Theoretical and Historical Review

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 19-29

    3. Methodological Issues in the Study of Dream Content

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 31-39

    4. Children’s Dream Content as an Indicator of Developmental Functioning

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 41-51

  4. The Study

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Introduction and Background

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 55-59

    3. Procedures

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 61-71

    4. Findings and Analysis

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 73-102

  5. Theoretical Implications and Practice Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Contributions to Dream-Content Theory

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 105-115

    3. Clinical Applications and Techniques for Use in Practice

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 117-139

  6. Normal and Emotionally Disturbed Children’s Dream Content

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. The Latency-Aged Child

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 143-146

    3. Dreams of Adolescents

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 147-151

    4. Dreams of Children with Specific Problems

      • Stephen Catalano
      Pages 153-158

  7. Helping Parents Understand Their Children’s Dreams

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-161
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Once upon a time I dreamed myself a butterfly, floating like petals in the air, happy to be doing as I pleased, no longer aware of myself! But soon enough I awoke and then, frantically clutching myself, Chuang Tzu I was! I wonder: Was Chuang Tzu dreaming himself the butterfly, or was the butterfly dreaming itself Chuang Tzu? -Chuang Tzu Dreams are an endless source of mystery and fascination. Those we remember bring to our conscious awareness a variety of characters, circumstances, and situations often implausible or even bizarre in our everyday world. Sometimes dreams are more mundane and common­ place, reflecting memories of recent events of obvious importance. It is perhaps because of our lack of ability to under­ stand fully the origin of dreams or interpret their exact VII viii Preface meaning that dreams are the subject of such interest and speculation. Or perhaps, as the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu suggested, they allow us the freedom to ex­ pand our thoughts, associations, or spirit in a way that no other experience, waking or otherwise, can. Clinical interest in dream content has primarily been limited to the psychoanalytical perspective. This modern clinical interest in dreams is the direct result of Freud's landmark contribution concerning the importance of dreams in unconscious thought and in the practice of psychoanalysis. Theoretically, psychoanalytical interpre­ tation of dream content as a repressive-defensive content function dominated clinical practice and application for many years and remains an influential school of thought.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Children’s Dreams in Clinical Practice

  • Authors: Stephen Catalano

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9682-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43308-5Published: 28 February 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9684-1Published: 05 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9682-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 226

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology

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