Dreams and Nightmares in Art Therapy: The Dream of the Jaguar PDF
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“As we dive into the creative and artistic potential of dreams, we discover a deeper sense of identity. For people new to dreams or life-long dream journalists, this book teaches us how to explore their ‘existential meaning’ using art, storytelling, ceremony, and treasure boxes. With examples and illustrations, this book provides a rich source of inspiration and makes dream discovery a fun and playful endeavor.” —Laurel Clark, DD, DM, past president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, author of Intuitive Dreaming. www.laurelclark.com. “Hamel’s fascinating book demonstrates that the initiatory images and symbols provided by our dreams are essential to the psyche, as they support our passage from one life-stage to another. The author supplies concrete tools that will allow readers to progress autonomously into the future, with artistry, imagination and greater awareness.” —Vera Heller, PhD, art therapy professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) “If you only remember one dream you can start a fruitful conversation with Psyche. When you have lifelong dream journals as a treasure chest available, you can foster a compassionate relationship with your inner self and inner artist. Dr. Hamel, a devoted dreamer and art therapist, shares how to tell the story of your dream life, offering a variety of creative and art-therapeutic methods that support a meaningful journey to your soul.” —Mag. Johanna Vedral, psychologist, art therapist, and collage artist, author of Collage Dream Writing, teacher of creative writing. https://schreibstudio.at/ Dreams and Nightmares in Art Therapy Dreams and Nightmares in Art Therapy draws on the author’s extensive art psychotherapy practice and teaching to provide a wide range of creative writing and visual art methods for dreamwork. Blending theories such as Gestalt therapy and Jungian psychology with clinical examples from Dr. Hamel’s own clients, this unique book offers an array of art therapy and other creative dreamwork methods, covering a large variety of media such as mask making, clay, collage, sandtray and painting. The author also presents seven different types of nightmares and introduces a simple and efficient five-steps art therapy method for reducing their intensity and their frequency. The book concludes with a unique synthesis of 11 dreamwork methods to draw wisdom from dream journals accumulated over a long period of time. This book is ideal for anyone interested in developing a personal or professional practice using dream art therapy. The methods presented here will captivate readers with their originality and provide inspiration for all kinds of psychological, artistic and spiritual development. Johanne Hamel, DPs, psychologist and art psychotherapist, specializes in dreamwork and in somatic art therapy. She has been teaching art therapy for 20 years at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue and is currently an international lecturer in Thailand, the USA and Europe. More information can be found on her website johannehamel.com. Hélène Hamel is a self-employed translator who holds an honor degree in translation and has been working mainly from English to French for more than 30 years. Dreams and Nightmares in Art Therapy The Dream of the Jaguar Johanne Hamel Translated by Hélène Hamel First published 2022 by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2022 Johanne Hamel The right of Johanne Hamel to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hamel, Johanne, 1952– author. Title: Dreams and nightmares in art therapy : the dream of the jaguar / Johanne Hamel ; translated by Hélène Hamel. Other titles: Rêves, art-thérapie et guérison, de l’autre côté du miroir. English Description: New York : Routledge, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2021007154 (print) | LCCN 2021007155 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367644611 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367644604 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003124610 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Dreams—Therapeutic use. | Art therapy. | Self-actualization (Psychology) Classification: LCC RC489.D74 H3713 2021 (print) | LCC RC489.D74 (ebook) | DDC 616.89/1656—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021007154 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021007155 ISBN: 978-0-367-64461-1 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-64460-4 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-12461-0 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003124610 Typeset in Times New Roman by Apex CoVantage, LLC This book is dedicated to all my art psychotherapy clients and art therapy students who worked on their dreams through all these years and thus helped me develop efficient methods to understand their existential messages. You made this book possible. Contents List of figures xii About the Author xiv Foreword xv Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 The Dream’s Existential Message 2 Identifying an Existential Message 3 An Existential Message is Not. . . 3 Nightmares 3 Lifelong Dream Journal Methods 4 1 Creative Dreamwork Methods 5 Introduction: What is Meant by Creative Dreamwork Methods? 5 Jungian Amplification of Dream Images 5 Paying Attention to Dream Images 6 Amplifying the Felt Sense in a Dream 9 Amplifying the Felt Sense Upon Awakening 11 Changing the Ending of a Dream 13 Positive Art 13 Four-Steps Dream 15 Gift Giving 19 Spontaneous Reactions 21 Spontaneous Writing 21 Developed Scribbling 23 Metaphor and Contra-Metaphor 24 Metaphor: Using Analogy 24
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