ABSTRACT
This chapter describes how dreamwork can aid the process of working through some difficult emotional and relational problems. Jerry, in his mid-sixties, was seriously depressed and inwardly fuming with anger toward his wife of nearly twenty-five years, Josette. He complained about their emotional estrangement, their sexless marriage, and their extremely cluttered house. He was in a foul mood, a protracted funk, experiencing dysthymia, loss of zest, lack of libido, and physical symptoms that seemed related to suppressed anger. The chapter illustrates six selected dreams of Jerry. They are as follows: the dream of water, docks, and a suspect under investigation, the dream of soldiers, corpses, and a dangerous roughneck, the dream of a message from a childhood friend, the dream of an ice rink in disrepair and a large guy in a trench coat, the dream of the woman in a diaphanous blue dress, and the dream of a church service, a beautiful usher, and the drunken boss.
