This systemically oriented treatment of dream interpretation is directed toward both professionals and laypersons, inviting the readers to enter a collective creative dialogue and experience personal development. Our dreams reflect our personality and the reality that surrounds us, including both traditional and limiting habits as well as new impulses and surprising new options. In dialogues about dreams we meet with the entire world of a dreamers experiences and the realities of both partners, leading to a common tale that can be the spawning ground for important developmental steps. The authors describe helpful approaches to carrying out dream dialogues from systemic counseling and introduce many practical and applied situations. A number of case examples illustrate the effects of systemic work with dreams.

Dr. Bernd Schmid ist Leiter des Instituts für Systemische Beratung (ISB) in Wiesloch.