Dreamcatchers: Healing Traumatic Nightmares Using Group Dreamwork, Sandplay and Other Techniques of Intervention

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Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 205-226

  Daniels, Lori R ^a,c   McGuire, Terry ^b  

^a Pacific Center for PTSD   (United States)

^b Boulder Medical Center   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dreamwork; Nightmare therapy; Post traumatic stress disorder; Sand play; Sleep disturbance; Traumatic nightmare; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042728214     PISSN: 03624021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022154917650     Document Type: Article

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