Posttraumatic nightmares of traumatized refugees: Dream work integrating cultural values.

Schubert, Carla C.; Punamäki, Raija‐Leena

doi:10.1037/drm0000021

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“…Larger scale studies could identify cultural dream beliefs and practices present in the wider society, for uses such as validation or normalization of client experiences, which has been identified as an important factor in clients' experience of a therapist in general (Amos et al, 2019). Such data could also assist psychologists in developing culturally sensitive approaches to dreams, like the one described by Schubert and Punamäki (2016). Furthermore, this study provides another example of how including the client voice in clinical research can produce data relevant in the development of clinical practice guidelines, improving outcomes for clients.…”

Section: Implications For Research and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Client experiences and understandings of dreams in contemporary Australian psychological practice: An IPA study.

Leonard¹,

Dawson²

2023

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Identifying and understanding the beliefs, experiences, and expectations of clients around dreams in psychological practice can assist psychologists to avoid or minimize unintended, negative consequences of mismatches in expectations between the client and the psychologist. In this study, 5 adult Australian clients undertook semistructured interviews in which they explained their experiences and perceptions of dreams in psychological practice. An interpretative phenomenological analysis approach was used, and the themes emerging from the analysis clustered around participants’ experiences (with emotions ranging from feeling pressured, frustrated, or vulnerable, to feeling relief or validation), and their underlying assumptions or rules, around what to share (or not share) with whom, and when. The participants’ explanations for their experiences and opinions reflected their underlying individual and sociocultural understandings of both psychotherapy and dreams, with references made to dream beliefs, the stage of therapy, and psychologist cues. The findings highlight the value of approaching therapy (and dream sharing in therapy) from a social/cultural practice framework. This framework understands interactions or exchanges between psychologists and clients as being influenced by a range of cultural assumptions, which both parties bring into the therapy room with them.

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Client experiences and understandings of dreams in contemporary Australian psychological practice: An IPA study.

Leonard¹,

Dawson²

2023

Dreaming

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“…Additionally, dream work can provide clients with an option in therapy that is less psychologically threatening than working with real-life events (Cohen, 1999). Certainly, there is some support for the notion that trauma victims seem to prefer working with dreams over more direct approaches to therapy, finding it less threatening (Cohen, 1999; Schubert & Punamäki, 2016). In this way, working with dreams can help clients to defuse from the emotional intensity of a particularly sensitive topic.…”

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Dreams as gifts: A Maussian perspective.

Leonard

Dawson

2019

Dreaming

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In The Gift, Mauss argues that people in many cultures have engaged in what appears to be a voluntary giving of gifts, but which in fact carries obligations at each point in the exchange-in the giving of, receiving of, and response to each gift. Moreover, these exchanges of gifts are an integral part of both building connections between individuals and groups and maintaining social hierarchies. Using the Mauss view of gifts as a framework for examining the social practice of sharing dreams, this article demonstrates the obligations present in the giving of, receiving of, and responding to dreams. It then identifies the implications of this understanding of dreams as gifts, for clients offering their dreams in psychotherapeutic settings.

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“…A nightmare is a recurring and disturbing dream that blurs the line between sleep and wakefulness and creates unpleasant feelings; it is the dream that one remembers after waking up (1), and causes confusion and irritability (2). In addition, it has a negative effect on people (3). The prevalence of nightmares is 2%-5% in the general population (4) and 30% among psychiatric patients (5).…”

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The Effectiveness of Dream Analysis in Reducing Idiopathic Nightmares by Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design (HSCED)

Bagheri

Khanuki

2022

J Qual Res Health Sci

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Background: Nightmare is a prevalent parasomnia associated with various forms of psychological distress in both clinical and general populations. This study aimed to explain the experiences of a client regarding the effects of nightmares and effectiveness of dream analysis treatment on idiopathic nightmares. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted on a 34-year-old woman who participated in 8 sessions of dream analysis treatment. The client was diagnosed with nightmare disorder based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria for nightmare. The hermeneutic method was used to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data. This study utilized a simple method for hermeneutic analysis that requires only one person while maintaining research validity. Results: The findings of this study showed the frequency of nightmares decreased during the treatment. The client changed significantly during the treatment, and the dream analysis was responsible for this change. According to Bohart’s grid, there was 72% certainty of change in the client and 87% certainty that improvements were due to therapy. Useful therapeutic factors included analyzing the hidden meaning of nightmares, expressing emotions, self-awareness, and reducing helplessness. Conclusion: The results of the interventions showed that treatment processes made changes in the client that were unexpected and important to her and these changes would not have occurred without the treatment. This method, in addition to exposing the person to the content of the nightmare, leads to the discovery and decoding of the content of the nightmares and understanding of their message to resolve conflicts.

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Posttraumatic nightmares of traumatized refugees: Dream work integrating cultural values.

Cited by 7 publications

References 67 publications

Client experiences and understandings of dreams in contemporary Australian psychological practice: An IPA study.

Client experiences and understandings of dreams in contemporary Australian psychological practice: An IPA study.

Dreams as gifts: A Maussian perspective.

The Effectiveness of Dream Analysis in Reducing Idiopathic Nightmares by Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design (HSCED)

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