The Science of Dream Interpretation presents a scientific, historic and psychological account of dream interpretation by introducing the biological and evolutionary foundations of sleep, dreams and dream interpretation. Chapters cover the theory of dream interpretation, the physiological and evolutionary reasons for sleep and dreaming, an overview of the role dreams and dream interpretation throughout history, including the cultural and religious significance of dreams, and how dreams interrupt sleep, including issues of insomnia, sleep walking, and more. The next few sections present influential dream theorists of the 20th century, including a review of their theories (Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Fritz Perls).
The final section explains how dreams may be used to extract personal meanings and be utilized in psychotherapy, including case examples from actual psychotherapy sessions of the techniques used to interpret dreams.
- Presents the evolutionary history of sleep and dreams
- Discusses the psychotherapeutic techniques of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Fritz Perls in relation to dream psychology
- Reviews the historical and cultural significance of sleep and dreams
- Examines common and uncommon sleep and dream problems such as insomnia, sleep walking and REM sleep disorder
- Includes actual case examples from psychotherapy sessions
1. An Introduction to Dream Interpretation2. The Biological Foundations
of Sleep and Dreams3. The Evolution of Sleep and Dreams4. The Cultural and
Historical Foundations of Dream Interpretation5. Troubled Sleep and Prophetic
Dreams6. An Introduction to Freudian Dream Interpretation7. An Introduction
to Jungian Dream Interpretation8. An Introduction to Fritz Perls Dream
Interpretation Techniques9. An Overview of the Meaning of the Recurring
Dreams10. A Synthesis of Dream Interpretation Techniques11. Pandemic Sleep
and Dreams
Dr. Frederick L. Coolidge is a Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of Undergraduate Education at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Florida. Dr. Coolidge specializes in cognitive archaeology, behavior genetics, cognitive evolution, paleopyschology, and evolutionary neuropsychology. He is the author of 12 published books on cognitive archaeology and evolutionary topics.
