Anyone who is beginning to pursue the understanding and use of dreams in psychotherapy will find this book quite useful. The book focuses on the communication and coping functions of reported dreams in psychotherapy. As storied or narrative constructs, reporting of dreams becomes a unique mode of communication about the way in which the mind attempts to adapt to emotionally charged triggering events.

With all the distortions and misunderstandings that researchers in neuroscience have introduced into the discussion of dreams, I looked forward to reviewing Langs' book, particularly since many of his major works on the listening process in psychoanalysis reveal an astute observer of the human mind. There is much I like about the book, though