Trauma and Dreams Author:Deirdre Barrett (Editor) How does trauma shape dreams, and what might the dreaming mind reveal about the effects of traumatic events? In this volume, Deirdre Barrett brings together a distinguished group of psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers—among them Rosalind Cartwright, Robert J. Lifton, and Oliver Sacks—to integrate the study of dreams and ... more »the psychology of trauma. The book focuses on catastrophic events, such as combat, political torture, natural disasters, abuse, and rape. It also considers the lasting effects of childhood trauma on personality formation and memory, as well as trauma and dreams in adults, including Vietnam veterans and Holocaust survivors. Finally, the volume concludes with a look at the potential traumas of "normal life," including divorce, bereavement, and life-threatening illness, and the role of dreams in working through normal grief and loss. Taken together, these diverse perspectives illuminate the universal and the particular effects of traumatic experience.« less