Children's Dreams in Clinical Practice

I. Introduction.- 1. Why Study Children's Dreams?.- 2. The Significance and Use of Dream Content in Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents.- II. Dream Content: Theory and Research.- 3. Theoretical and Historical Review.- 4. Methodological Issues in the Study of Dream Content.- 5. Children's Dream Content as an Indicator of Developmental Functioning.- III. The Study.- 6. Introduction and Background.- 7. Procedures.- 8. Findings and Analysis.- IV. Theoretical Implications and Practice Techniques.- 9. Contributions to Dream-Content Theory.- 10. Clinical Applications and Techniques for Use in Practice.- V. Normal and Emotionally Disturbed Children's Dream Content.- 11. The Latency-Aged Child.- 12. Dreams of Adolescents.- 13. Dreams of Children with Specific Problems.- VI. Helping Parents Understand Their Children's Dreams.- 14. Introduction for Parents.- 15. What Are Dreams?.- 16. What Do Dreams Mean?.- 17. What about Nightmares?.- 18. Techniques for Parents.- Appendixes.- Appendix A. Erikson's Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development.- Appendix B. Dream Scores Derived from the Elkan Checklist by Age.- Appendix C. Mack's Dream Scores of Normal and Disturbed 14-15-Year-Old Boys.- Appendix D. Categories of Disturbed Adolescents Used in This Study.- Appendix E. Cover Letter for Treatment Providers.- Appendix F. Consent Letter for Parents.- Appendix G. Consent Form.- Appendix H. Data Analysis Design.- Appendix I. Definition of Terms.- References.