Effects of training in dream recall and dream interpretation skills on dream recall, attitudes, and dream interpretation outcome

Forty-two volunteer clients with below-average dream recall and attitudes t oward dreams participated in training sessions focusing on either improving dream recall and attitudes toward dreams, building dream interpretation sk ills, or educating about counseling. After training, individual dream inter pretation sessions were conducted. No significant differences were found am ong the 3 conditions in regard to dream recall, attitudes toward dreams, or client- or therapist-reported session outcome, but effect sizes suggested that participants in the skills condition gained more from sessions than di d participants in the dream recall-attitudes condition. Session outcome for all volunteer clients was equivalent to those in previous studies of volun teer clients with no training, suggesting that training was not necessary a nd that these participants were able to benefit from single-session dream i nterpretation.