Waking Dreams

Imagination in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life

Allan Frater

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English

TransPersonal Press
01 September 2021

Humanistic psychology

In a waking dream, we inhabit the dreamworld with an awareness of doing so-as sometimes happens upon waking from sleep when a dream continues to feel present alongside an awareness of lying in bed.

Taking perspectives from transpersonal psychology, ecotherapy, complexity theory, and fractal geometry, this book develops new possibilities within waking dream practice (also known as ""active imagination"" and ""guided imagery"") to show:

how the in-between waking/dreaming experience allows us to become aware of not just what we imagine but also the process of how we imagine-a process that reveals the principles and skills of image-based transformation and healing.

how a broad understanding of imagination-as present in all perceptions, actions, and relationships (not just as pictures ""inside the mind"")-allows for an image-centric approach to psychotherapy and everyday life as an ongoing ""eyes-wide-open"" waking dream. The result is an experiential and theoretical appreciation of imagination, not just as a means to rational insight but as a creative ability at the heart of human potential.

If you are interested in cultivating a richer, story-filled, and enchanted existence, or you are a therapist wanting to help others do so, this might be the book you have been waiting for.

By: Allan Frater
Imprint: TransPersonal Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 305mm
Weight: 305g
ISBN: 9781912698080
ISBN 10: 1912698080
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 01 September 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Allan Frater is a psychotherapist in private practice and a teacher at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London, UK.

Reviews for Waking Dreams: Imagination in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life

A direct and inspiring immersion in the practice of working with the imagination, aimed particularly at therapists but also of interest to any practitioner. It effectively challenges the assumption that imagination is merely inner , and offers balanced, subtle techniques for developing hypnagogic experience that are clearly grounded in years of reflection on imaginative practice. -Robert M. Ellis, author of Red Book, Middle Way: How Jung Parallels the Buddha's Method for Human Integration