Dreams: The Basics

Dreams: The Basics presents introductory and accessible information about what dreams are, where they come from, what they do, and how to understand and work with them.

This book demythologises dream interpretation, with each chapter inviting the reader to ask questions about their own dreams and try exercises. Chapters explore social dreaming, how culture impacts dreams, and their use in counselling, therapy, and analysis. They offer suggestions about how to engage with and develop a skill set to work with dreams. This book summarises the latest thinking and research in this subject, as well as exploring key analytic theorists such as Freud, Jung, and their successors. A glossary is included, along with useful diagrams and images.

The book is aimed at high school and A-level students, undergraduate students, and anyone interested in dreams.

Dr Dale Mathers is a psychiatrist, humanistic psychotherapist, and Jungian analyst in the UK.

Dr Carola Mathers is a Jungian analyst and formerly a consultant psychotherapist at the Southwest London and St. George’s NHS trust, UK.