MENTAL HEALTH APPLICATIONS: A PANEL DISCUSSION

Mental Health Applications

Abstract

We turn now to the application of the technique of lucid dreaming. We’ve looked at a lot of ways that induce lucidity, we’ve seen what it’s com-posed of physiologically. But, what can it do for us? What’s the point? Suppose we can produce this state at will, will that make any difference in our lives? And if so, how? What we’re going to consider now of course is the viewpoint of our different distinguished panelists. We have Jean Campbell, Judy Malamud, Ann Wiseman and Gordon Halliday. I’ll tell you a little bit about each of them before they make their comments and then we’ll consider together different aspects of the value of lucid dreaming. Judy is a psychologist from New York City who practices psychotherapy; she leads dream and lucidity workshops. In 1979 she completed her doctoral dissertation on lucid dreaming.