“Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy”
Wednesdays 7.00 - 9.00pm
15th January 2025 to 2nd April 2025
Cost: £360
Dreams are a universal human experience, expressing psyche’s spontaneous movement towards balance and wholeness. The images and narratives of our dreams are unique offerings from the dynamic unconscious which, night after night, provides us with important information that can further our psycho-emotional and spiritual development.
Dreamwork can significantly aid the therapeutic process. It's a supreme way to get your clients out of their heads (thinking function) and into their bodies: Connecting to the feelings, sensations and intuitive responses evoked through dream exploration can bring breakthough-moment insights, catalyse deep emotional transformation and provide inner guidance.
This 12 week online training provides a comprehensive methodology for working with dreams in clinical practice and includes phenomenological, archetypal and alchemical approaches.
Each meeting begins with a theory presentation on a particular aspect of dreams or dreamwork, with time for group discussion and questions. This is followed by an experiential session, in which we engage with and explore each others' dreams . . . and this is where the real learning takes place! There will be facilitator demonstration of any new techniques introduced and opportunities to practise these 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.
In this training you will learn:
- the alchemical process of transformation and how to identify alchemical symbolism in dreams
- the practice of dream Incubation
- active imagination techniques - how to unfold the meanings and messages of a dream
- how to connect with and integrate the psychic energy contained in dream images
- how to discern which element of a dream to focus on, which direction to go in with it and why
- how to chart development over several dreams
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
Please contact me for an application form and payment details
Elizabeth Blaise is a UKCP and BACP registered integrative transpersonal psychotherapist and UCKP registered supervisor working extensively with dreams in her psychotherapy practice. She holds a PG Diploma and an PG. Advanced Diploma from CCPE and a PGCE in Further Ed. from UCL.
