Clara E. Hill, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland. She is the Editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and the Past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Her current research interests include studying the efficacy of dream interpretation and the process and outcome of psychotherapy.

I. Background
1. The Role of Dream Interpretation in Therapy
2. Sleep and Dreaming
3. History of Dream Interpretation
II. Explication of the Cognitive Experiential Model of Dream Formation and Dream Interpretation
4. A Cognitive Experiential Model of Dream Formation and Dream Interpretation
5. Exploration Stage
6. Insight Stage
7. Action Stage
8. Therapeutic Issues in Using the Dream Interpretation Model
III. Clinical Examples of Using theCognitive Experiential Model in Therapy
9. Single-Session Dream Interpretation
10. Individual Therapy with Recurrent Dreams and Nightmares
11. Dream Groups
IV. Empirical Research on Dreams and Therapy
12. A Review of the Research on Dreams and Therapy
Appendix: A Manual for Self-Guided Dream Interpretation Using the Hill Model of Dream Interpretation, Clara E. Hill, Kristin J. Heaton, and David Petersen

Working with dreams in therapy can help clients establish a focus and reach core issues quickly, and can play an important clinical role in both brief and long-term therapeutic relationships. This accessible volume integrates the latest research on sleep and dreaming with a cognitive-experiential psychotherapeutic perspective, providing a comprehensive guide to dream interpretation. In clear, jargon-free prose, elucidated by extensive case material, the author presents a three-stage model of dream interpretation based on the premises that dreams reflect waking life, that their meaning is best understood in a collaborative effort between client and therapist, and that both cognitions and emotions are important in this process. An Appendix contains a reproducible, self-guided manual on dream interpretation featuring step-by-step instructions and worksheets. This Appendix is an ideal resource for therapists to use with clients.