Dreaming in the World

Authors

  • Peter Philippson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2021-2-33

Keywords:

dream, artworks, field processes, interpretation, waking dreams, dreams as reality, couples

Abstract

I think dreams are very important in a number of ways. I share a sense of the significance of dreaming with Sigmund Freud and Fritz Perls. I regularly bring work with dreams into my therapy, training and groupwork as a way that orients our sense of what is happening both individually and collectively. I will write this in two parts. The first part is an overview of how I understand dreams and different ways I have been working with them as a therapist. The second part introduces a way of working with dreams that I have developed in the past few years, that takes both the understanding and the work in a different direction that collapses the strict separation between waking and dreaming.

Author Biography

Peter Philippson

Peter Philippson, M. Sc., ist ein bei der UKCP eingetragener Gestalttherapeut sowie Ausbilder, Lehrkraft und Supervisor beim Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute UK. Er ist Gründungsmitglied des Manchester Gestalt Centre, Vollmitglied des New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, Führender Ausbilder für GITA (Slowenien), Fakultätsmitglied der IPsiG (Turin), Beiratsmitglied des Center for Somatic Studies, Gründungsmitglied von IG-FEST und ehemaliger Präsident der International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy.
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Published

2021-10-13

How to Cite

Philippson, P. (2021). Dreaming in the World. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 11(2), 33–39. https://doi.org/10.30820/1664-9583-2021-2-33