HERE, INNER LIFE IS TENDED AND REVERED. Whether the whispers from inside visit in the form of dreams, or a bodily-felt sense, this is a place where such images and intuitions are not just welcome, but treated with deep curiosity and respect.
If you are new to this site, a warm welcome!
This site is packed with resources for mental health professionals and individuals wanting to learn gentle, safe experiential ways to engage with the body, and with dreams and nightmares — for you and your clients.
You might want to get started with the free resources, like my e-book: Dreams: The Nocturnal Therapist. Or check out a selection of podcasts and interviews on the events page. You can also read current articles about dreams and nightmare treatment in the Blog section. Or check out my latest newsletter.
We also have dreamwork courses for mental health professionals, spiritual directors and other dream lovers seeking simple and effective ways to work with dreams. Watch for more focusing classes to help clients find trusted ways to access the body’s intuitive wisdom.
If you have questions, feel free to contact us.
Sweet dreams!
PS Our nightmare treatment course bundle is on sale this month. Check it out here.
Embodied Experiential Dreamwork Certification Program
This program is a deep dive into the world of dreams, and a clear path to learning how to engage yourself and guide others in embodied experiential dreamwork practices. This course is a companion to Dr. Leslie Ellis’ recent book, A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy but goes beyond the material in the book to include personal and group dreamwork, and co-creative dreamwork.
30 APA-level CE credits is offered for this program.
✔️Monthly dream group meeting
✔️Live demos and Q/A sessions
✔️Practice partnership to exchange dream sessions
✔️Online discussions, and bonus articles, videos and demos on topics of interest to the group
Applications are open for the September 2025 cohort. Space is limited so book early, as these cohorts do fill up.
Working with Dreams
COURSES ON DREAMS AND FOCUSING
For Therapists and Professionals
NEW! 30% DISCOUNT!
SELF-PACED
A 1-hour seminar by Dr. Leslie Ellis
$67 $47
SELF-PACED
Full-length course for clinicians
10 MODULES
$375$247
SELF-PACED
How to treat disturbed dreaming
$147 $97
Engage with your client's dreams
$2,205/Year
LIVE via ZOOM
Dreamwork circle for graduates dreamwork and focusing programs.
$80
For the GENERAL PUBLIC
SELF-PACED
Engaging the body’s felt sense to understand your dreams
6 MODULES plus LIVE Q&A
$149
Focusing For Therapists and Professionals
LIVE | ONLINE
$1,980/yr
2-year online focusing certification program for mental health professionals. This training is for both seasoned professionals who want to integrate a lifetime of experience as well as therapists who are relatively new to the field and seek a framework to organize new experiences.
SELF-PACED
$67
Focusing is a gentle and effective way to listen for embodied, implicit and unspoken messages. This simple yet powerful method has become a worldwide phenomenon. It is a reliable, evidence-based way to increase the level in in-session direct experiencing, making psychotherapy more effective.
About
Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC, is a registered clinical counsellor, teacher and author who lives and works in beautiful Deep Cove, British Columbia.
Leslie has in-depth, specialized training in focusing-oriented therapy, and is expert in its use for treatment of trauma.
A specialist in somatic approaches to therapy, Leslie has studied somatic experiencing, the Hakomi method, and psoma yoga. She has developed a method of embodied, experiential dream work which combines focusing with Jungian active imagination techniques.
