Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy
Dreams are a universal human experience, expressing psyche’s spontaneous movement towards balance and wholeness. Our nightly outpourings of images and narratives are unique offerings from the dynamic unconscious, providing us with information for our ongoing psycho-emotional and spiritual growth.
The purpose of dreamwork is to bring that which is unconscious into consciousness and if done with skill and care, dreamwork can significantly aid the therapeutic process. Helping your clients to connect to the feelings, sensations and intuitive responses evoked through dream exploration can bring “aha” moment insights into psycholoigcal issues, catalyse deep emotional transformation and provide inner guidance in life.
This 12 week online course provides a comprehensive methodology for working with dreams in clinical practice.
Drawing predominantly on Jungian and Gestalt therapy approaches to dream work, you will learn and practice a process for unfolding the meanings and messages of a dream and for connecting with and integrating the psychic energy contained in dream images.
Each meeting begins with a theory presentation on a particular aspect of dreams or dreamwork, with time for group discussion and questions, followed by an experiential session in which we will engage with one or more dreams, with demonstration and opportunities to practise with each other. Participants can share their own dreams or those of their clients (with prior permission) and the facilitator will also present dreams and dream vignettes for exploration and discussion.
Suitable for both qualified and trainee psychotherapists and counsellors from any modality who have an interest in integrating dreamwork into clinical practice or working with their own dreams for personal psycho-spiritual development. No prior knowledge or experience required
Comprehensive handouts and reading list provided
24 Hours CPD Certificate on completion
“Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy”
Weekly on Wednesdays 7.00 - 9.00pm
15th January 2025 to 2nd April 2025
COST: £360
TO APPLY: Please contact me for an application form and payment details
COURSE CONTENT:
week 1: What are dreams? Why do we dream? Types of dreams
week 2: Dream Incubation
week 3: Jungian Approach to Dream Work - archetypes / symbols / common dream themes
week 4: Active Imagination - Gendlin's Focusing / dreaming the dream forward (part 1)
week 5: Active Imagination (part 2)
week 6: Alchemical Symbolism in Dreams - Alchemical Stages (part 1)
week 7: Alchemical Stages (part 2)
week 8: Alchemical Symbolism in Dreams - Alchemical Operations (part 1)
week 9: Alchemical Operations (part 2)
week 10: Dream Series - charting the development over several dreams
week 11: Practicum
week 12: Practicum
Elizabeth Blaise is a UKCP and BACP registered integrative transpersonal psychotherapist and UCKP registered supervisor. She holds a PG Diploma and an PG. Advanced Diploma from CCPE and a PGCE in Further Ed. from UCL. Dreamwork constituted a subsstantial part of her training and she works extensively with dreams in her psychotherapy practice.
