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Windows on Your Inner Self: Dreamwork with Transactional Analysis

Pages 37-44
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article describes how dreams can be used in personal growth and therapy, not only to help you clarify issues, but also to facilitate change. Dreams provide metaphors that show how you experience your world, both inwardly and outwardly. They may reflect your behavior patterns, identify script issues, show the effects of trauma, warn you of danger, or inspire you with symbolic visions. They are produced on a kind of “inner stage,” giving you the opportunity to consider patterns in your life and practice new decisions. Dreams emerge from the creative inner core of the psyche, which some would call the soul or spirit.

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Margaret M. Bowater

Margaret Bowater, M.A., is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst and a psychotherapist in private practice in Auckland, New Zealand. She is also the author of a book on dreams and visions and a founding co-director of both the Auckland Transactional Analysis Training Institute and the Human Development and Training Institute of New Zealand, where she tutors in transactional analysis, dreamwork, and spirituality, including offering a 100-hour dreamwork practice certificate.