Life-long nightmares: an eclectic treatment approach.
A depressed woman complained of obsessional worries, insomnia, and life-long nightmares. A novel combination of psychodynamic psychotherapy, paradoxical re-experiencing of the nightmares, and posthypnotic suggestion resulted in amelioration of the nightmares and opening of the field for a self-psychological approach to deeper issues.
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Dept. of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003643:Death; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D004325:Dreams; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D013404:Suggestion