Dream Time with Children
by Brenda Mallon
2001, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 1 84310 014 22
'I
dreamt that a man with only half a face climbed up my drainpipe and in through
my bedroom window. He picked up my sister's tights and strangled my sister
and me' Emma (9)
Our children are living
in an increasingly stressful environment. Easy access to movies now ensures
that the average 19 year old will have seen 22,000 violent deaths on screen.
Media images introduce the youngest children to the problems that beset our
planet, and achievement is tested at the earliest level in schools. Children's
dreams reveal these anxieties. Addressing these issues, Dream Time with
Children reflects an upsurge of interest in dreams. The author gives a
step-by-step account of how to understand and interpret children's dreams,
to help them to cope with life's stresses, and gives first hand accounts of
children's dreams as told to her in classrooms, in therapy and in workshops.
Illustrated with practical exercises it also contains fascinating facts about
the cultural and spiritual significance of dreams and even includes an analysis
of the dreams of Harry Potter. Brenda Mallon has been prominent in the field
of dream research for more than twenty years and is an established therapist
working with both adults and children. She is on the Board of Directors of
the Association for the Study of Dreams, and is their UK and Ireland International
Dreamtime Project representative. She is the author of numerous books on dreams
and dreaming and her film 'Children Dreaming', made for BBC TV, brought new
insights into the way children understand their dream world. For more information
or to request a review copy of Dream Time with Children, please contact Sally
Ashworth, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JB.
Telephone: 020 7833 2307. Fax: 020 7837 2917. email: sashworth@jkp.com.
