PSYC 3780H Study Guide - Final Guide: Neurosis, Sexual Orientation, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
13 Dec 2016
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What do we know: dreams are psychologically meaningful, have clinical value, useful for clinician and patient, often treatment of choice for some (ptsd, nightmares, there is an increased interest by patients and clinicians. Empirical evidence sample: dreams relate to waking day concerns, specific dreams are related to psychological disorders, dreams differ in people with psychological disorders. Evidence: dreams related to physical health, drug abuse, eating disorders, existential issues. Why practice dream therapy: clinical evidence of benefits, client insight gained, client becomes involved in therapeutic process, clinical progress with issues if dream journal kept, evolution: self-concepts, defence mechanisms, core conflicts. Dreams in therapy: can reveal when the client is ready to stop therapy, or when improving, people can make concrete changed in waking life with dreams. Appropriate therapeutic clients/patients: adults in therapy-clinical groups, therapist guided techniques - psychological help, self-guided work, instructions, worksheets, cds etc, adults work through their dreams with this guidance, anyone without psychosis.
