Description:
OPD Points: 5
Embodied Experiential Dreamwork is useful for gleaning the creative intelligence inside dreams, offering an approach in which dreamers are invited to deeply experience the rich tapestry of their dreams. It’s a process that teaches dreamers to listen deeply to both the internal and external world that’s represented by dreaming. In this workshop, Leslie will offer you a comprehensive introduction to this approach to dreamwork and to nightmare treatment. Over the 2 days, she will offer you a rare opportunity to gain both a theoretical understanding of the approach and a rich personal experience of it, both as a dreamer and a companion listener.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
You will walk away with:
- A fuller, experiential understanding of the power of dreams to open up new ways of seeing and to catalyse change
- The most-often recommended steps for the treatment of disturbing dreams and nightmares
- A simple, yet profound, set of practices for working with dreams that can be integrated into any way of working
Assessment:
Presenter / Provider:
Dr Leslie Ellis
Presenter Qualifications:
Dr Leslie Ellis is a leading expert in the use of experiential and somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working on dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a somatic specialization, and a Masters in counselling psychology with a focus on depth/Jungian approaches.
Dr Ellis worked as a therapist in private practice in Vancouver, BC for more than 25 years. She is a former adjunct faculty at Adler University, and past president of The International Focusing Institute, where she is currently a Certifying Coordinator. She has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on the use of focusing and dreamwork in psychotherapy. Recent journal articles include reviews on nightmares and the nervous system, and on the alarming nightmare-suicide link. She has presented her work worldwide at conferences, in the media, as a guest on many podcasts, and through her own teaching and writing. Her web site is at drleslieellis.com
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Course Duration:
2 day(s)
Course Hours:
6 hours
