The process of dreamwork

Margaret  Bowater

doi:10.9791/ajpanz.1998.06

Margaret Bowater

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.1998.06

Abstract

Dreams can present the current central issues in a client's world, beautifully encapsulated in metaphor and story. If therapists are alert to their significance, and include them in the therapeutic process, new insights emerge and opportunities are presented for personal change. This article demonstrates a step-by-step process of working with a dream, using drawing, associations, simple action methods, redecision work and self-reflection, to facilitate personal growth in a dreamer.

Author Biography

Margaret Bowater

As recorded in 1998.

Margaret Bowater is an Auckland psychotherapist and co-director of the Human Development and Training Institute, for which she runs courses in Dream work, Spirituality, Transactional Analysis and Counsellor Training. She is provisionally accredited as a Trainer and Supervisor of TA. Her book, Dreams and Visions Language of the Spirit, was published in 1997 by Tandem Press. MNZAP