1st Edition
A Guide to the World of Dreams An Integrative Approach to Dreamwork
Preface Part 1: Knowledge of Dreams 1. The Dream Schools 2. Dreams and Natural Science 3. We Dream Because We are Complex Creatures: A Cybernetic Network Theory of Dreaming Part 2: The Ten Core Qualities 4. Core Quality 1: Dreams Deal with Matters Important to Us 5. Core Quality 2: Dreams Symbolize 6. Core Quality 3: Dreams Personify 7. Core Quality 4: Dreams are Trial Runs in a Safe Place 8. Core Quality 5: Dreams are Online to Unconscious Intelligence 9. Core Quality 6: Dreams are Pattern Recognition 10. Core Quality 7: Dreams are High-Level Communication 11. Core Quality 8: Dreams are Condensed Information 12. Core Quality 9: Dreams are Experiences of Wholeness 13. Core Quality 10: Dreams are Psychological Energy Landscapes 14. Dreams and Trauma Part 3: Principles and Exercises for Practical Dreamwork 15. Working with Core Qualities 1-5 16. Working with Core Qualities 6 - 10
Biography
Ole Vedfelt is leader of the Institute for Integrated Psychotherapy and Cybernetic Psychology, Denmark, and supervisor for the Danish Psychologist’s Association. He is certified as a Jungian analyst, gestalt therapist, body psychotherapist, and meditation teacher. Ole has 45 years of professional experience with dreamwork.
"In this book, Vedfelt describes and exemplifies what he sees as the most usable aspects of the psychoanalytical, Jungian, existential, experiential and cognitive approaches to dreams. Internationally, the book has been characterized as a major work in dream understanding and interpretation by Rita Dwyer, former chairperson of International Association for the Study of Dreams, among others.
Ole Vedfelt’s writing skills as well as the multitude of cases makes this complex material engaging and easy to read.
I am convinced that Ole Vedfelt’s new book will give dream understanding a giant step forward and, as one writer points out in his epilogue, anyone who works with his/her own dreams employing Ole’s suggestions will also be a more open and social person who can contribute to a better world."
-Torben Hansen, DreamTime Magazine
