2008
DOI: 10.1177/036215370803800208
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Facing the Fear of Death

Abstract: Berne (1947) wrote a chapter on “Dreams and the Unconscious” in his first book, preserved that chapter through two revisions spanning 20 years, and was still mentioning dreams in his final book, especially as a source of insight into script patterns. The author describes a memorable example of working with a 94-year-old man whose script apparently denied death and shows how the dreams and nightmares from his unconscious mind brought the underlying issues to attention and eventually provided resolution of the i… Show more

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“…Because the nightmare is often a metaphor for a real-life dilemma, actively imagining a new ending may break through an internal impasse. Even the certainty of death can be transcended, as I have shown in my work with a 94-year-old man (Bowater, 2008).…”
Section: A Simple Interventionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Because the nightmare is often a metaphor for a real-life dilemma, actively imagining a new ending may break through an internal impasse. Even the certainty of death can be transcended, as I have shown in my work with a 94-year-old man (Bowater, 2008).…”
Section: A Simple Interventionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Kübler-Ross (1969/1970), in delineating the stages of grieving—denial, isolation, depression, bargaining, anger, hope, and acceptance—wrote, “Death itself is not the problem, but dying is feared because of the accompanying sense of hopelessness, helplessness, and isolation” (p. 246). Bowater (2008) described how fear of abandonment caused a crisis in her client’s life, even though the person had otherwise been strongly scripted for courage. Bosler (1976) illustrated through a case study of a terminally ill patient how the family members used transactional analysis permissions to treat both themselves and the dying person.…”
Section: Implications For Psychotherapy/counselingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 1999, we (Bowater and Sherrard) wrote an article drawing more widely on transactional analysis and psychodrama for redecision work with nightmares; this was followed by a series of articles in the last decade by me (Bowater, 2001(Bowater, , 2003(Bowater, , 2008(Bowater, , 2009(Bowater, , 2010 on different applications of dreamwork. In all the casework cited, the process used for interpretation involved respectful inquiry by the therapist and full collaboration with the dreamer to arrive at a resolution.…”
Section: Brief Historical Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It also, of course, relates to the phenomenon of intuition. We have previously written about the significance of physis (Bowater & Sherrard, 1999), describing ways of using transactional analysis to work with nightmares in clinical practice and about the healing power of dreams in relation to unconscious processes (Bowater, 2008).…”
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confidence: 99%