Dream Therapy for PTSD
January 1, 2015 Bruce M. Dow
Dream revision therapy, a treatment that uses imagery rehearsal exercises, can eliminate nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, and other debilitating effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A series of clinical vignettes illustrates the effectiveness of this approach in both military and civilian settings, including cases such as a hotel employee who witnessed a suicide, a female police officer with a career-ending crash, and Vietnam combat veterans with recurrent nightmares. The book's final chapter describes brain mechanisms underlying PTSD and dream revision.