Predictors of outcome of dream work for East Asian volunteer clients: Dream factors, attachment anxiety, Asian values, and therapist input.

Abstract

Eighty-eight East Asian volunteers were paired with 6 East Asian therapists who provided low or high input in single-dream sessions. Volunteer clients with poor initial functioning on the target problem associated with their dreams and high self-efficacy for working with dreams profited more from dream sessions than did their counterparts. Although no main effects were found for therapist input, volunteer clients who scored higher on attachment anxiety had better outcome in the low-input condition, whereas clients who scored lower on attachment anxiety had better outcome in the high-input condition. Volunteer clients with lower Asian values evaluated low-input sessions more positively, whereas volunteer clients with higher Asian values evaluated high-input sessions more positively. Implications for dream work and future research are suggested.

Helpful components involved in the cognitive-experiential model of dream work

“…Their relationships with cousins, nephews, aunts, uncles, and/or grandparents during their early childhood also greatly influenced their personal development. Hill et al (2007) asserted that it is important to explore the relationship between the interpersonal content of dreams and its effects on the process and outcome of dream work. We found that for college students in Taiwan dream analysis elicited dreams with considerable interpersonal contents.…”

“…Recently, Hill et al (2007) indicated that evidence has pointed to the three-stage dream model as being effective in terms of client's evaluations of sessions, insight gained into the discussed dream, and gains in action ideas related to the discussed dream, there are still many unknowns about how the model works. Given this background, the purpose of the current study was to examine the content of helpful components involved in Hill's dream work model from the judge's comprehensive viewpoint.…”

“…For these Taiwanese students, they could still gain from the dream session even though their attitudes toward dream were not as positive as their counterpart before the dream sessions. For Asian Americans, Hill et al (2007) reported that the clients were generally satisfied with the dream sessions, rated the therapeutic alliance high, gained insight into their dreams, and acquired ideas on how to change their lives by participating in the dream work.…”

“…The purpose was to formulate ideas about changes the client might make in his or her waking life (Hill et al 2007). When being asked to change the dream, dreamer X mentioned that she would like to have more ''brightness'' in her dream.…”

Interpreting children’s dreams through humanistic sandtray therapy.

“…The goal of exploring associations is to assist the child in uncovering salient affective and cognitive elements in the dream scene and to formulate potential meaning conveyed through each object. Studies indicate that exploring associations with objects in the dream scene may uncover difficulties that exist in the dreamers' interpersonal relationships and family environment; themes that are common to dream work (Hill et al, 2007;Tien, Linn, & Chen, 2006).…”