Demonstrations of how the ideodynamics of Erickson's hand levitation approach is expanded into a variety of innovative approaches to the replay and positive reconstruction of negative dream experiences.
John Gottman and Julie Gottman (2005) demonstrate through role-playing the ways therapists can break a couples’ gridlock due to conflict. Through an intervention of “dreams within the conflict,” therapists are shown how to help couples be more open for dialogue in order to successfully compromise on unresolvable issues.