Patricia Garfield


Patricia L. Garfield is an American academic specializing in the study of dreams, specifically the cognitive processes underpinning them. She is the author of 10 books covering a broad range of dream topics. These topics include: nightmares, children’s dreams, healing through dreams and dream-related art. Her best-known work is “Creative Dreaming.” Originally published in 1974 it was revised and reprinted again in 1995. She holds a Ph.D in psychology from Temple University.
Garfield is one of the six co-founders of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, originally called the Association for the Study of Dreams. The IASD is a non-profit, international, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the “pure and applied investigation of dreams and dreaming.” Garfield was the President of the ASD from 1998 to 1999.

Works

*