Hypnotic Use of Waking Dreams: Exploring Near Death Experiences Without
the Flatlines
By Paul Schenk
People who undergo near death experiences often have profound and life
changing experiences. It is as if the whole of their life has been put into
focus and they can see relationships, experiences, and their hopes and dreams in
a completely new light. Now Paul Schenk shows you how you can help clients
experience some of the life-changing benefits of a near death experience without
the life-threatening cardiovascular crisis. With full length annotated case
transcripts, you will learn how to do this and explore the many other things you
can do with hypnotically facilitated waking dreams.
The therapeutic usefulness of dream interpretation is deeply rooted in
psychotherapy. The Hypnotic Use of Waking Dreams bypasses the controversy
associated with past life therapy, i.e. that if reincarnation doesn’t exist,
neither can past life therapy. It provides a much more traditional approach to
understanding and utilizing the kinds of chemical experiences that occur with
this interactive approach to hypnotically facilitated dream-like imagery. Dr.
Schenk integrates classic teachings on dream interpretation and trauma treatment
with decades of published work on near death experiences. The resulting
applications to a variety of presenting clinical problems are demonstrated with
extensive case transcripts. The therapeutic use of waking dreams is independent
of both the clinician’s and the client’s beliefs about reincarnation because the
dream content can be understood as being just good fiction as it is in classical
dream analysis.
About the Author: Dr. Schenk is currently in private practice in
Atlanta, GA. where he specializes in exploring the use of hypnosis for treating
a variety of problems. He is an Approved Consultant with the American Society of
Clinical Hypnosis.
