Cover -- Half Title -- Epigraph -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Excerpt from a Dialogue Between the Dreamer and the Clown Character -- What the Dream Is . . . -- Chapter 1 − Dreams and Existential Messages -- Writing Down One's Dreams -- The Existential Message, Potential for Self-Growth ... -- Dream Types and Their Functions -- Symbolic Dreams -- Clear Dreams -- Hypnagogic Dreams -- Initial Dreams -- Nightmares -- Anxiety Dreams -- Death Dreams -- Grief Process Dreams -- Resolution Dreams
Resources Dreams -- Validation Dreams -- Creative Dreams -- Healing Dreams -- Incubation Dreams -- Transpersonal Dreams -- Paranormal Dreams -- Lucid Dreams -- Prelucid Dreams -- Recurring Dreams -- Dream Series -- Chapter 2 − How to Keep a Dream Journal -- Left Page of the Dream Journal: The Dream Story -- Numbering a Dream -- Setting a Date -- The Dream Type -- The Existential Message -- The Dream's Title -- The Dream's Story -- Important or Recurring Images -- Describing Recent Life Events -- Right Page of the Dream Journal: Decoding the Dream's Message -- Elucidating the Dream's Message
Practical Applications -- How to Remember Dreams -- Chapter 3 − Creative Writing Methods for Dreamwork -- Spontaneous Associations Methods -- Spontaneous Associations to Dream Images (Written Form) -- Spontaneous Associations to Dream Images (Graphic Form): The Heuristic Map -- Identifying the Key Feeling from a Dream -- Meditating on an Elusive Sensation from a Dream -- Taking Away a Part of a Dream -- Changing the Ending of a Dream -- Rewriting a Dream -- Programming Changes in Recurring Dreams -- Programming Incubation Dreams -- Exploring Dream Symbols -- Dictionary of Symbols
Chapter 4 − Experiential Dreamwork Methods -- Identification with Dream Figures -- Description of the Method -- Application Example -- Gestalt Dialogue with Dream Figures -- Description of the Method -- Application Example -- Jungian Dialogue with Dream Figures -- Description of the Method -- Application Example -- Exploring the Sounds and Movements of a Dream -- Description of the Method -- Application Example -- Dream Re-entry -- Application Example -- Chapter 5 − Art Therapy Dreamwork Methods -- Three Common Steps for the Art Therapy Dreamwork Methods
Step #1: Exploring Dream Images Through an Art Medium -- Step #2: Finding Meaning in The Art Experience Through Writing -- Step #3: Decoding the Existential Message -- Four Art Therapy Dreamwork Methods -- Drawing or Painting a Dream -- Three-Dimensional Reproduction of a Dream Object -- Drawing or Painting an Elusive Sensation from a Dream -- Quick Sketch to Appease a Nightmare -- Chapter 6 − Lucid Dreaming and Awakening of Self -- The Meaning of Lucid Dreaming from a Psychological Perspective -- How to Induce Lucid Dreaming -- Incubation of Lucid Dreaming -- Linking Waking Life to Dream States
