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ABSTRACT
Using Dreamwork to Improve the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy.
Nicholas E. Brink, Ph.D.
Nicholas E. Brink, Ph.D. – Clinical psychologist in private practice.
Diplomate, ABPP, past president of the American Association for the Study
of Mental Imagery. Book Review Editor, Imagination, Cognition and
Personality. Author of the book Grendel and His Mother: Healing the
Traumas of Childhood Through Dreams, Imagery and Hypnosis. Amityville,
NY: Baywood Publishing, 2002. http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/2003_abstracts/nicholas_brink.htm
Summary:
For individuals in therapy the emotional depth of
the therapeutic experience can be increased by using dreamwork to uncover
the dysfunctional or negative ways of thinking, determine the needed
positive ways of thinking and facilitate this change in thinking, thus
dreamwork can improve the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Learning Objectives:
A. Participants will learn the basic tenants of cognitive-behavioral
therapy.
B. Participants will learn how dreamwork can be used to attain the
goals of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
C. Participants will understand the role of increased emotional depth
in improving the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Evaluation Questions
1. Which one of the following is false: The basic tenants of
cognitive –behavioral therapy are:
a. Determining the dysfunctional ways of thinking determines the
causes a person’s problems.
b. Determining the appropriate alternative positive ways of
thinking is a step towards solving the person’s problems.
c. Increase emotional depth in therapy is important and
increases therapeutic effectiveness.
d. Using behavioral techniques to facilitate positive ways of
thinking resolves the person’s problems.
2. Which of the following are true. Dreamwork is used to
a. Determine the emotions related to the negative way of
thinking.
b. Determine the needs of the individual.
c. Determine the positive ways of think.
d. Facilitate a change in thinking.
3. Dreamwork increases the emotional depth in therapy because:
a. Dreams are metaphoric expressions of emotions.
b. Dreamwork can offer a sense of double vision thus it
provides some emotional distance.
c. Dreamwork makes the therapeutic experience more emotionally
and personally relevant.
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