Appreciating Dreams [Paperback]

M.D. Montague Ullman (Author)

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Publication Date: March 15, 2006

Our dreams speak to us in a language all of us can learn. Eloquently written by the dream specialist of our age, Appreciating Dreams develops a comprehensive technique for exploring dreams in small group settings. The shared trust and safety of a group structure can stimulate creativity and imagination and help the dreamer find her or his way into the dream. This approach to understanding dreams shows how natural and effective dream work with groups can be. It is always exciting to help the dreamer hear what the dream is saying in its own true voice. "In Appreciating Dreams, Ullman continues to empower the dreamer, providing detailed instructions for laypeople who are motivated by a quest for mutual growth and self-understanding." - Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Saybrook Institute "Appreciating Dreams makes available to people, not just patients, a supportive, protected method for establishing a living contact with our valuable inner experiences." - Milton Kramer, M.D., University of Cincinnati "Appreciating Dreams is a wonderful book. It is a complete handbook for dream group leaders and for anyone interested in working with dreams in a group." - Ernest Hartmann, M.D., Tufts University AUTHOR (or ORGANIZATION) BLURB [to appear on back cover]: MONTAGUE ULLMAN, M.D., is a New Yorker who attended Townsend Harris Hall, the City College of New York, and New York University School of Medicine, where he received his medical degree in 1938. Following his internship and residencies in neurology and psychiatry, he served as a captain in the army medical corps both here and abroad from 1942 to 1945. A graduate of the Comprehensive Course in Psychoanalysis at the New York Medical College, he became a member of the faculty there in 1950. In 1961, he left private practice to head a department of psychiatry at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. His interest in preventive psychiatry led to the opening of the first fully operational community mental health centers in New York City in 1967. His research interest led to the establishment of a sleep laboratory devoted to the exploration of the paranormal dream. Dr. Ullman is a Charter Fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and is currently Clinical Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ullman has written numerous papers on the neuro-physiological, clinical, and social aspects of dreams and is the author and coauthor of several books, including Dream Telepathy (1988) and Working With Dreams (1979), and is coeditor of the Handbook of States of Consciousness (1986) and The Variety of Dream Experience (1988).

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From the Back Cover

"In Appreciating Dreams, Ullman continues to empower the dreamer, providing detailed instructions for laypeople who are motivated by a quest for mutual growth and self-understanding." - Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Saybrook Institute

"Appreciating Dreams makes available to people, not just patients, a supportive, protected method for establishing a living contact with our valuable inner experiences." - Milton Kramer, M.D., University of Cincinnati "Appreciating Dreams is a wonderful book. It is a complete handbook for dream group leaders and for anyone interested in working with dreams in a group." - Ernest Hartmann, M.D., Tufts University

About the Author

MONTAGUE ULLMAN, M.D., is a New Yorker who attended Townsend Harris Hall, the City College of New York, and New York University School of Medicine, where he received his medical degree in 1938. Following his internship and residencies in neurology and psychiatry, he served as a captain in the army medical corps both here and abroad from 1942 to 1945.

A graduate of the Comprehensive Course in Psychoanalysis at the New York Medical College, he became a member of the faculty there in 1950. In 1961, he left private practice to head a department of psychiatry at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

His interest in preventive psychiatry led to the opening of the first fully operational community mental health centers in New York City in 1967. His research interest led to the establishment of a sleep laboratory devoted to the exploration of the paranormal dream.

Dr. Ullman is a Charter Fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and is currently Clinical Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ullman has written numerous papers on the neuro-physiological, clinical, and social aspects of dreams and is the author and coauthor of several books, including Dream Telepathy (1988) and Working With Dreams (1979), and is coeditor of the Handbook of States of Consciousness (1986) and The Variety of Dream Experience (1988).

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Cosimo Books (March 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596057823
• ISBN-13: 978-1596057821
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Appreciating Dreams (Paperback)

Montague Ullman's work has been internationally recognized for many years. He is the brilliant founder of a particular, and very effective type of group dreamwork. Reading this book is very interesting, but putting it into practice is life-changing.

This volume is the culmination of many decades of Ullman's work to create an effective group dream process. It is designed to be available to everyone. The process does not require a therapist or other professional in an authority role. For Ullman, the dreamer is the authority and the group is there to help the dreamer reach his or her own insights about the dream.

This book gives everyone a chance to learn Ullman's method. It was developed by a man who has put his extraordinary mind, heart, and soul into his work. The basic steps to the process are clear, but the group dreamwork in action is subtle and yields profound insights about the symbolic content of dreams. As Ullman says, one of the most important points is that the dreamer feel safe, as the feeling of safety makes it more likely that they will be able to make deep discoveries. The work is valuable for both the dreamer themselves and the group that participates in the process.

I have done dreamwork for years, and have used this book as a guide since it first became available. In my work with dreams, and my studies of the myriad of approaches to dreamwork that have been offered by others in books and workshops, I have encountered well-known practitioners whose systems are loosely based on Ullman's work. Some of them have presented similar systems without crediting the source. Sometimes they have changed elements of the process, and have weakened the effectiveness of the process by going against one or more of its essential principles. I have not yet found a method to surpass the one Ullman has developed and refined through his years of first-hand dream leadership with people from around the world.