After reviewing several books of a similar nature I did not intend to review this book, but because of the clarity in which it was written and the strength of the meta-analysis in demonstrating the existence of psi or extrasensory perception, 237
I recently searched the psychological abstracts for dreams and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and for hypnosis and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Of the 9 references I found on dreams and CBT, all were in one issue of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly (Vol. 16, No. 1). I was impressed with the fact that these articles were in a CBT journal, because of the 44 references I found on hypnosis and CBT, all were books written from a hypnosis perspective or in hypnosis journals except for two, one in Spanish and one in Swedish. I read a good number of the hypnosis-CBT articles and books, and all were written to integrate CBT into the field of hypnosis. Conversely, the dream articles integrating dream work and CBT were written by a range of people, some with a primary interest in dreams, but some with a more central interest in cognitive therapy. In his foreword to Rosner, Lyddon, and Freeman's book, Dowd indicated that "cognitive therapy is seen as the integrative therapy" (p. xi). Aaron Beck has spent his career searching a "broad spectrum" of therapies and therapeutic techniques to find those that are most effective in therapy. Apparently, a few cognitive-behavioral therapists and researchers have taken some interest in dream work, whereas the hypnosis interest in CBT continues mostly outside the domain of CBT.The collection of the nine articles published in the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly was an impressive enough accomplishment that eight articles of this collection plus four additional articles are now published in this book. The fact that these articles are now in a book may encourage researchers to perform the necessary therapy outcome research to validate the integration of dream work and CBT.The book adds significantly to the journal by drawing a distinction between objectivist approaches (Part II) and constructivist approaches (Part III), a distinction that unifies the articles in this book. I believe that the importance of this book demands that each chapter receive its own comments and review.The introduction, written by the three editors, states that some contributors to this volume (the objectivists) believe that the rational and logical manipulations of classical cognitive therapy should be used to challenge those assumptions and beliefs associated with a client's dream; others (the constructivists) suggest that the client might more profitably benefit from an exploration of the subjective and metaphorical aspects of the dream. (p. 4) 58
Research finds that Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is effective in promoting mental health, and that greater emotional depth in therapy increases this effectiveness. CBT on the other hand is a here-and-now therapy and does not consider the childhood experiences from which the core schema and consequently the negative ways of thinking were learned. This article presents a six-step hypnotic procedure using the uncovered childhood experiences in CBT: 1) uncovering the emotionally painful experience that cause the negative ways of thinking; 2) experiencing the emotions associated with these painful experiences; 3) defining the dysfunctional ways of thinking; 4) stating needs; 5) finding new positive ways of thinking; and 6) becoming the positive way of thinking. The uncovered emotionally experience is generally found to be one of four potential parental control patterns: threats-fear, shaming-guilt, ridicule-inadequacy, and rejection-insecurity. Each of the parental control patterns has implications in determining the nature of the emotional disorder.
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