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| Author | Deirdre Barrett (Editor) |
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| Cover artist | Francisco Goya |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 1996 hardcover/2001 paperback |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 282 |
| ISBN | 9780674006904 |
Trauma and Dreams is a 1996 book edited by Deirdre Barrett and published by Harvard University Press. Chapter authors are prominent psychologists and physicians including Oliver Sacks and Robert J. Lifton.
Barrett opens the Introduction with a quote from poet Elias Canetti, "All the things one has forgotten / scream for help in dreams." The book describes how trauma affects the content of dreams, differentiating between the typical effects of adult vs. childhood trauma and between one-time traumas vs. those that are experienced repeatedly. It discusses what dreaming can tell us about trauma and how dreamwork may be employed in psychotherapy to aid the recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).[1]
- ^ "Trauma and Dreams — Deirdre Barrett | Harvard University Press". hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-23.