Starting with the tenet that there has been an erosion in the appreciation of dreams in contemporary psychoanalytic practice, this book is devoted to renewing our interest in dreams. In many respects, the ideas expressed have more to do with recharging our excitement and appreciation of dreams than with presenting a theory of dreams or a specific methodology for utilizing them in clinical work. The author describes some of the factors that have helped to rob dreams of their special place in human life: managed care economics, the focus on medication, and an emphasis on the brain rather than on