Working with Dreams and Other Non-Ordinary States
Harmony Kwiker
January 14, 2025 DOI: 10.4324/9781003521969-18 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Gestalt dream work Conscious connecting breathwork Psychedelic integration |
| Topics | Altered states of consciousness |
| Key points | Proposes that gestalt dream work, conscious connecting breathwork, and psychedelic integration are therapeutic methods that use non-ordinary states to foster healing and self-understanding. |
Abstract
Chapter 15, “Working with Dreams and Other Non-Ordinary States,” explores gestalt dream work, breathwork, and psychedelic integration. Dream work is the most common non-ordinary state, and by bringing a dream to life in the here and now, we can create space for a client to become each element of the dream. This is a deeply integrative approach to working with dreams that can reveal a client&s;s entire existence in a single dream. Conscious connecting breathwork takes a person on a journey from ordinary awareness of separation, limitation, and suffering into non-ordinary states of expansion, transcendence, and healing. Psychedelic integration is a process by which a client takes the time to understand what their psychedelic experience revealed to them.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on altered states of consciousness, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altered States of Consciousness | 1966 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis | 2003 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter with Death | 1969 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| A neurophenomenological approach to non-ordinary states of consciousness: hypnosis, meditation, and psychedelics | 2022 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Hypnotic phenomena and altered states of consciousness: a multilevel framework of description and explanation | 2003 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |