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Dreaming, healing and imaginative arts practice

By: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, T aylor & Francis Group, 2019Description: xiv, 124 pages : illustrations (some color), 12 plates ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781138713192
  • 1138713171
  • 9781138713178
  • 1138713198
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC489.D74
Contents:
Introduction; 1 What is a dream? Keeping a dream journal; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on dreaming and being; A dream narrative; The psyche and the self; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Exercises; States of consciousness; Keeping a visual dream journal: your resource for all ensuing exercises in this book; Conclusion; 2 Who am I and why? Archetypes and shadows; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on knowing oneself; Classical philosophy and Michel Foucault (1926-1984); Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and the soul; Sigmund Freud (1886-1939), the soul and struggle; Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), the psyche/soul and the archetype; The Collective Unconscious; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices -- archetypes and shadows; Exercises; Dream shadow work; Inside/outside mask work; Mandala work; Ritual and self-knowledge; Conclusion; 3 Belonging: dreaming and place; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on belonging; The dream place Indigenous place; Metaphorical space; Interiors; Temenos; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Dreaming and place: Joan's dream; Exercises; Your place dream; Guided meditation exercise: a special gift to yourself; Designing your own temenos; Conclusion; 4 Movement dreams: escaping and returning; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections of free and frozen movement; Combined psychic movement; Swimming; Flying; Running; Climbing; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices -- escaping and returning; Joan's dancing dream; Exercises Your movement dreams; Epic journeys: searching and finding; Flight of the soul; Conclusion; 5 The object and its crisis: locating pain and pleasure; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on the object and its crisis; Sublimation; Fetish; Paranoiac critical method of transference; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Locating pain: Monica's lost and found objects; Exercises; Your own lost objects: a dream journal exercise; Paranoiac critical method; Exquisite corpse (group work); Conclusion; 6 Sensory triggers: beyond sight; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on the senses The olfactory senses: taste and smell; Touch; Sound; Sight; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Case study: senses of memory; Eric; Daisy; Exercises; Collaging your dream senses exercise; Beyond sight: sound meditation; Practices of silence and acceptance; Going for a walk and sense harvesting; Sensory dream gardening; Preparing and sharing a meal/food; Your own favourite; Solitary mindful eating or drinking; Conclusion; Conclusion; Index
Summary: In Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice, Kathleen Anne Connellan brings dream theory together with art practice and art psychotherapy to demonstrate how releasing the imagination can open-up processes of healing. In this interdisciplinary and richly innovative book, Connellan focuses on nocturnal dreams, day dreams, memory and reverie, and she explores how to access, depict and use these dream images to discover personal healing. Unlike other dream journals, Connellan encourages visual recording and personal experimentation with a variety of materials and modalities, regardless of artistic ability. Each chapter is divided into a theoretical and practical half, where the theoretical section addresses the foundations of dream theory and philosophy, and the practical section offers step-by-step exercises that lead you to the creation of something restorative. Connellan covers a theme in each chapter which helps merge the unconscious with the conscious: the nature of dreaming and the constitution of the psyche, the archetype and our shadow selves, belonging, moving, pain and pleasure, and all the senses in remembering. Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice is a unique blend of scholarly research, beautiful illustration and hands-on practicality that allows the reader to interpret their dreams for self-expression and self-knowledge. This work will be of great interest to those studying post-graduate psychology, social work, art and arts therapy, and an essential resource for art therapists, creative therapists, alternative psychotherapists and social workers in practice and in training.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction; 1 What is a dream? Keeping a dream journal; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on dreaming and being; A dream narrative; The psyche and the self; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Exercises; States of consciousness; Keeping a visual dream journal: your resource for all ensuing exercises in this book; Conclusion; 2 Who am I and why? Archetypes and shadows; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on knowing oneself; Classical philosophy and Michel Foucault (1926-1984); Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and the soul; Sigmund Freud (1886-1939), the soul and struggle; Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), the psyche/soul and the archetype; The Collective Unconscious; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices -- archetypes and shadows; Exercises; Dream shadow work; Inside/outside mask work; Mandala work; Ritual and self-knowledge; Conclusion; 3 Belonging: dreaming and place; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on belonging; The dream place Indigenous place; Metaphorical space; Interiors; Temenos; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Dreaming and place: Joan's dream; Exercises; Your place dream; Guided meditation exercise: a special gift to yourself; Designing your own temenos; Conclusion; 4 Movement dreams: escaping and returning; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections of free and frozen movement; Combined psychic movement; Swimming; Flying; Running; Climbing; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices -- escaping and returning; Joan's dancing dream; Exercises Your movement dreams; Epic journeys: searching and finding; Flight of the soul; Conclusion; 5 The object and its crisis: locating pain and pleasure; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on the object and its crisis; Sublimation; Fetish; Paranoiac critical method of transference; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Locating pain: Monica's lost and found objects; Exercises; Your own lost objects: a dream journal exercise; Paranoiac critical method; Exquisite corpse (group work); Conclusion; 6 Sensory triggers: beyond sight; Introduction; Section A: Theory: conscious reflections on the senses The olfactory senses: taste and smell; Touch; Sound; Sight; Section B: Practical: the unconscious and healing practices; Case study: senses of memory; Eric; Daisy; Exercises; Collaging your dream senses exercise; Beyond sight: sound meditation; Practices of silence and acceptance; Going for a walk and sense harvesting; Sensory dream gardening; Preparing and sharing a meal/food; Your own favourite; Solitary mindful eating or drinking; Conclusion; Conclusion; Index

In Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice, Kathleen Anne Connellan brings dream theory together with art practice and art psychotherapy to demonstrate how releasing the imagination can open-up processes of healing. In this interdisciplinary and richly innovative book, Connellan focuses on nocturnal dreams, day dreams, memory and reverie, and she explores how to access, depict and use these dream images to discover personal healing. Unlike other dream journals, Connellan encourages visual recording and personal experimentation with a variety of materials and modalities, regardless of artistic ability. Each chapter is divided into a theoretical and practical half, where the theoretical section addresses the foundations of dream theory and philosophy, and the practical section offers step-by-step exercises that lead you to the creation of something restorative. Connellan covers a theme in each chapter which helps merge the unconscious with the conscious: the nature of dreaming and the constitution of the psyche, the archetype and our shadow selves, belonging, moving, pain and pleasure, and all the senses in remembering. Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice is a unique blend of scholarly research, beautiful illustration and hands-on practicality that allows the reader to interpret their dreams for self-expression and self-knowledge. This work will be of great interest to those studying post-graduate psychology, social work, art and arts therapy, and an essential resource for art therapists, creative therapists, alternative psychotherapists and social workers in practice and in training.

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