Predictors of outcome of dream interpretation sessions: Volunteer client characteristics, dream characteristics, and type of interpretation

105 volunteer clients completed single sessions of dream interpretation usi ng the Hill (1996) model, with half randomly assigned to waking life interp retation and the other half to par ts of self interpretation in the insight stage of the Hill model. No differences were found between waking life and par ts of self interpretations, suggesting that therapists cart use either type of dream interpretation, Volunteer clients Il,ho had positive attitud es toward dreams and presented pleasant dreams had better session outcome; in addition, volunteer clients who had pleasant dreams gained more insight into their dreams. Results suggest that therapists doing single sessions of dream interpretation need to be cautious about working with dreams when vo lunteer clients have negative attitudes toward dreams and present unpleasan t dreams.