A Dream-Guided Meditation Model and the Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams presents a model for meditation that counselors can use with clients regardless of gender, race, national origin, religion, age, or marital status. Using the model, readers can, if they wish, learn to interpret nighttime dreams. Even readers who choose not to learn to interpret their dreams may find that the meditation model assists with dream guidance.

For both students and practicing therapists, this book fills the gaps that exist between many current academic programs and practitioner's needs for focused training on how to better assist clients with dream interpretations. Its main focus is on dreams concerning family members and other major figures in the dreamer's life with whom he or she interacts. Readers will first learn how to understand and use their own dreams, and then how to apply this in order to facilitate their clients' interpretations of dreams. They will be amazed and fascinated by the issues, emotions, and problem-solving suggestions that are often revealed as they guide their clients' use of a personalized dream interpretation method developed by the author. Through the use of a detailed case example of a client and her dreams, the author shows how each step of this method can be applied and carried out in practice and is easily integrated with contemporary psychotherapies, especially cognitive behavior therapies.

For both students and practicing counselors, this book fills the gaps that exist between many current academic programs and practitioner's needs for focused training on how to better assist clients with dream interpretations. Its main focus is on dreams concerning family members and other major figures in the dreamer's life with whom he or she interacts. Readers will first learn how to understand and use their own dreams, and then how to apply this in order to facilitate their clients' interpretations of dreams. They will be amazed and fascinated by the issues, emotions, and problem-solving suggestions that are often revealed as they guide their clients' use of a personalized dream interpretation method developed by the author. Through the use of a detailed case example of a client and her dreams, the author shows how each step of this method can be applied and carried out in practice and is easily integrated with contemporary psychotherapies, especially cognitive behavior therapies.

In a fun, conversational style, readers learn easy new ways to discover how their dreams are giving them the guidance they need. Living Dreams, Living Life is particularly appropriate for individuals in the general population because it has its roots in practical and direct experiences.
We believe readers will find Living Dreams, Living Life as refreshing as Stanley Krippner, co-author of Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them, does.
Living Dreams, Living Life is a breath of fresh air to readers interested in working with their dreams. Its author presents a practical method for sifting through the layers of metaphors and symbols to arrive at a dream's surprisingly direct counsel on solving problems, improving relationships, and enhancing creative spiritual growth.
Most people go through life's difficult periods without professional help. Admittedly, there are many self-help dreamwork offerings. Yet, there are few, if any, researched models that facilitate an individual's work with the system of relationships in the person's life. The model presented in Living Dreams, Living Life, the Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams (PMID), is a researched model that includes a systems approach to interpreting dreams.
The systems approach to interpreting dreams, innovative with the PMID model, can be used by the individual dreamer or facilitated by a counselor. Living Dreams, Living Life not only focuses on relationship type dreams, but also shows how to use the PMID model for many types of dreams including dreams about work, recreation, career, education, health, and the spiritual.
Because dreaming is common, dreamwork is one of the most universally accessible self-help techniques available.