1st Edition

Dreams and Dream Interpretation A Contemporary Introduction

By Christian Roesler Copyright 2025
152 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Combining the latest neurological research and up-to-date psychoanalytic theory, Dreams and Dream Interpretation: A Contemporary Introduction gives readers a clear understanding of dreams, dream work and the ever-changing interpretations of this extraordinary phenomenon. In this book, Christian Roesler brings together an overview of the development of different theories of dreaming and dream... Read more

Introduction  1. Dream and dream interpretation in human history  2. The dream in Freud  3. Controversies in psychoanalysis over (Freud’s) dream theory  4. Recent psychoanalytic dream theories  5. Psychotherapeutic work with dreams in other schools of therapy  6. Empirical dream research  7. The functions of dreams  8. The empirical investigation of the content of dreams  9. The effects of working with dreams in psychotherapy  10. Psychoanalytic clinical dream research  11. Conclusion: What do these empirical findings mean for psychoanalytic dream theories? References

Biography

Christian Roesler, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, Germany, Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland and Associate Professor of Psychotherapy Sciences at Sigmund Freud University Linz, Austria. He is a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in Freiburg.