Edward Bruce Bynum

The Dreamlife of Families

The Psychospiritual Connection

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Produktbeschreibung

How our unconscious minds connect with our families through dreams

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781620556320
• ISBN-10: 1620556324
• Artikelnr.: 46470981

Autorenporträt

Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., ABPP, is a clinical psychologist and former director of the behavioral medicine program at the University of Massachusetts Health Services. The author of several books, including Dark Light Consciousness, he is currently in private practice at the Brain Analysis and Neurodevelopment Center in Hadley, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Does Your Family Need a Catalyst?
Carl A. Whitaker, M.D.
Introduction: The Labyrinth of Dreams
Part One
The Nocturnal Emissary
1 The Inner Landscape of Dreams
The Intimate Web of Family and Self
Modern Dream Interpretation
2 The Ancient Way
The African Cradle Cross-Cultural and Transcultural Modes of Dreaming
The Ancient Method Itself
3 The Web of Dreamlife in Family and Self
4 Research on Dreams: The Contribution of the Laboratory
The First Laboratories
The Modern Map of REM and Non-REM
Pathways of the Unconscious: Dreaming, Biochemistry, and the Brain Family
Dreams and Bodily Sensations
The Dream and Bodily Illness
Dreams and Creativity
5 Defining Normal Family Dreams
The Intimate Web Is Awake
Family Dreams, Nightmares, and Night Terrors
Family Patterns: Dreams and Ways of Enfoldment
6 Extrasensory Family Dreams
Forms of Psi: ESP, Precognition, and the Shared Image
Precognitive Dreams
Psychokinetic Family Matters
The Dynamic Family Pattern as Psi Unfolds
Part Two
Family Dreams and Healing
7 Family Dreams of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA): A Specific Style
The Inward Asylum
Family Dynamics of ACOA
ACOA Dream Styles
ACOA Family Roles
ACOA Dynamics: The Dream and Art
Oedipus and ACOA
The ACOA Family Legacy
Clinical Fallout of ACOA
Summary of ACOA Family Styles
8 Family Dreams during Pregnancy
The Ocean of Birth: Dynamics and Themes
Research on Dreams and Pregnancy: The Trimesters
Six Common Themes of Pregnancy Dreams
Three Additional Dream Themes: The Hero in Family, Psyche, Myth, and Spirit
Summary
9 Family Dreams in Therapeutic Form
Kinship Bonds and Family Dreams
Family Dreams in Individual Therapy
Family Dreams Outside of Therapy
Dreams in Couples Therapy
Dreams in Family Therapy
Group Dreamwork
Kemetic Imagery and Healing Assessment Protocol
Guiding Questions to Unfold Imagery and Healing Processes
10 The Dream of Infinite Life: The Further Reaches of the Dream in Family
and Self
Organizing Images and Behavior
Family Dreams and Death
Family Dreams Beyond Death
Dreams and Reality
The Disciplines of Sleep: Lucid Dreams and Yoga Nidra Creativity and Dreams
Dreams, Imagery, and Healing: A Return to Personalism in Science and the
Universe
Epilogue: From Matter to Dream to Light
Appendix A: The Family Dreams Research Project: Protocol for Participation
Appendix B: Kemetic Imagery and Healing Assessment Protocol
Appendix C: Films in Which Dreaming and/or Dreams Are Depicted
Appendix D: Recommended Reading Notes Works Cited Author Index
Subject
Index
About the Author