The difference between a dream and a nightmare : the narrative and the emotional stories -- "Ordinary" nightmares (not only from trauma) -- The effects of trauma and stress on our lives and our dreams -- Dreams, dissociation, fragmentation, and memory -- The layers of our dreams : the PARDES system -- The GAIA method : the guided active imagination approach for careful nightmare healing -- Round and round we go : getting off the merry-go-round of recurring dreams -- Shadow work, nightmare figures, and befriending the fear -- Embodied and spiritual dreamwork to soothe and resolve your nightmares -- Dreamwork and trauma-based treatment approaches for healing nightmares -- From PTSD to PTSG : post-trauma spiritual growth through dreamwork.
Summary:
"Nightmares, especially ones caused by trauma, not only disrupt your sleep but can also leave you exhausted and distressed. With in-depth information on the nature of nightmares, author and psychotherapist Linda Yael Schiller shows you how to turn distressing or heart pounding dreams into resources for spiritual growth. Armed with effective techniques, you can address conscious and unconscious fears to safely heal post-traumatic nightmares and their root causes. Linda teaches the Guided Active Imagination Approach (GAIA), a method she developed based on best-practice trauma treatment and Jungian active imagination principles. You will learn how to apply integrated and embodied dreamwork techniques as well as somatic, narrative, and psychospiritual approaches. PTSDreams helps you transform nightmares into a new story: one of hope, healing, and life-affirming images"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.