Dreams and Dream Interpretation - A Contemporary Introduction

Combining the latest neurological research and up-to-date psychoanalytic theory, Dreams and Dream Interpretation: A Contemporary Introduction gives readers a clear understanding of dreams, dreamwork and the ever-changing interpretations of this extraordinary phenomenon.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Dream and dream interpretation in human history 2. The dream in Freud 3. Controversies in Psychoanalysis on (Freud's) Dream Theory 4. Recent psychoanalytic dream theories 5. Psychotherapeutic work with dreams in other schools of therapy 6. Empirical dream research 7. The function of dreams 8. The empirical investigation of the content of dreams 9. The effects of working with dreams in psychotherapy 10. Psychoanalytic clinical dream research 11. Conclusion: what do these empirical findings mean for psychoanalytic dream theories? References

About the author

Christian Roesler, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, Germany; Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland and Associate Professor of Psychotherapy Sciences at Sigmund Freud University Linz, Austria. He is a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in Freiburg.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Roesler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032744292
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274429-2
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Dreams, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychology: states of consciousness, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Sleep & dreams, Dreams and their interpretation, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis