Children's Dreams (eBook)

Understanding the Most Memorable Dreams and Nightmares of Childhood

Kelly Bulkeley, Patricia M. Bulkley (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
170 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-1332-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Children’s Dreams teaches readers how to understand and appreciate memorable “big dreams” of childhood. The book introduces readers to the basic psychology and neuroscience of dreaming, then discusses dreams from early childhood through adolescence, exploring why we dream and how dreams can help us enhance creativity and make sense of our lives.

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When a child talks about a vivid nighttime dream, it can be difficult for adults to know how to respond. Dream researchers Kelly Bulkeley and Patricia Bulkley take readers beyond ';it was just a dream' to help children and adults understand why we dream and how dreams can help us unlock our creativity and make sense of our lives. The book introduces readers to the basic psychology and neuroscience of dreaming, then explores dreams from early childhood through adolescence.The book focuses on what psychologist C. G. Jung called the ';big dreams' of childhoodintensely memorable dreams that can blaze themselves into children's memories and remain a haunting, often inspiring, presence throughout their lives. While acknowledging that a complete interpretation of any dream requires personal input from the dreamer, the authors show readers how to identify recurrent patterns in dreams that reflect the primal wisdom and the healthy growth of every child's mind and imagination. Children's Dreams offers practical advice about how adults can best communicate with children about dreams to offer reassurance and to cultivate a child's imagination and development.

Autor

Kelly Bulkeley is the author of several books on psychology, religion, and dreams. He is a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union, senior editor of the journal Dreaming, and former president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Kelly Bulkeley's website and blog is at http://kellybulkeley.com.Patricia M. Bulkley is a former Interfaith Spiritual Services Director at Hospice of Marin and teacher in the pastoral counseling program of San Francisco Theological Seminary. Together they are the authors of the book Dreaming Beyond Death.

Inhalt

Introduction1. Interpreting Children’s Dreams2. Brain Science, Dreams, and the Imagination3. Dreams of Early Childhood4. Dreams of Middle Childhood5. Dreams of Late Childhood and Early Adolescence 6. Nurturing the Imagination in Childhood and Beyond Appendix 1: A List of the Dreams Discussed in this Book Appendix 2: Children’s Stories Relating to Dreams Appendix 3: The Dreams and Nightmares of Harry Potter Appendix 4: Activities to Stimulate Wonder in Childhood Appendix 5: Questions for a Study Group or Book Club on Children’s DreamsReferences and Suggested ReadingsIndexAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.8.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schwangerschaft / Geburt
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Neuroscience
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-1332-9 / 1442213329
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-1332-6 / 9781442213326