“In waking life, our conscious thinking is, to a very large extent, limited by sequential, cause-and-effect, secondary process logic. In our dream-life, we are able to engage in a far more profound type of thinking. In dreaming, one is “able to imagine with a freedom..{one} does not have in waking”(Borges, 1980,p.34). We are able, while dreaming, to view a situation from many points of view (and points in time) simultaneously. A single feature or situation in a dream may encompass a lifetime of experiences-both real and imagined-with one or with many people. The dreamer has the opportunity to rework the situation – to try it this way and that way, to view it from this perspective and that perspective, separately and together. The dreamer brings to bear upon his rendering of an emotional situation in a dream the most primitive and the most mature aspects of himself, and most importantly, these aspects of the self talk to one another in a mutually transformative way.” (Ogden, 2009, p.9)
EMDR is a trauma technique many clinicians use in their work to help patients work through difficult situations. Some trauma is ‘big T’-meaning catastrophic, and some trauma is ‘little T’ meaning upsetting, cumulative but not literally involving life and death. EMDR involves evoking memories and images in a way that is like dreaming. That’s why it’s so profound. If you like dreaming you will like EMDR. And you will benefit from engaging in a type of thinking that involves your brain in a lively and fascinating dialogue.http://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/
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