Working with dreams in therapy: What do we know and what should we do?

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 489-512

  Pesant, Nicholas ^a   Zadra, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dream content; Dream interpretation; Dreaming; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DREAM; DREAMING; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 4344616293     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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