Children’s Dreams in Clinical Practice

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Why Study Children’s Dreams?

      • Stephen Catalano

      Pages 3-5

   3. The Significance and Use of Dream Content in Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents

      • Stephen Catalano

      Pages 7-15

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

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   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

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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.

• Dream
• ETA
• Freud
• Unconscious
• awareness
• child
• data analysis
• development
• emotion
• freedom
• liberty
• psychoanalysis
• research
• school
• treatment

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