Dreaming for Two: The Hidden Emotional Life of Expectant Mothers

by Elyse Kroll, Sindy Greenberg, Hillary Grill

The brainchild of three women-a journalist, a magazine editor, and a practicing psychotherapist-Dreaming for Twoexplores the significance of dreams on the expectant mother. Filled with a wide-ranging collection of women's real-life dreams, this one-of-a-kind book analyzes the unconscious motivation behind the vivid, frequently intense visions experienced by expectant mothers. From dreams about their changing sense of identity to dreams about evolving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525946551
• ISBN13: 9780525946557
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A Great Shower Gift!

It's so reassuring to have read a book that addresses the surreal and oft ambivalent inner lives of pregant women. Since Herodotus, dreams have provided fertile grounds for analysis as a reflection of one's waking day. So why not try to explore and understand what can't be quite so neatly explained away? One of my dearest friends gave this book to me as a shower gift, and I looked forward to curling up with it every night at bedtime. I recently gave it to a pregnant friend, and she's doing the same thing!

A Dream come true!

I thought I was alone in all my mixed emotions about my pregnancy. This book was so insightful and comforting at this very fragile time in my life. I would recommend this book as MANDATORY reading for all expectant mothers.

Relevant and entertaining

This insightful and accessible book will be valuable for both lay people and mental health/medical professionals. The authors managed to produce a work that is both clinically sound and entertaining. The book clearly and accurately explains this complex stage of development-approaching motherhood-and provides dream analysis that can help any mother-to-be navigate this unique time of life. I have already found this to be useful in my psychotherapy practice when I work with pregnant patients, and in one case in particular, in my work with a father-to-be as he tries to understand some of what his wife is going through. I anticipate that Dreaming for Two will be useful in my work as a supervisor and teacher as well. Clearly explained, well documented and often fascinating case examples are used to illustrate some complex tasks of adult personality development and dream interpretation. On a more personal note, I also hope to have the opportunity to give this book as a gift to friends and family members during their pregnancies.