Experiencing Dreams as Catalysts of Emotion Regulation

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Dreams have famously been described as ‘picture metaphors’ of the dreamer’s most salient emotion (by Dr. Ernest Hartmann). Embodying the specific feeling constellated in a dream image promotes the processing of emotion initiated by the dream itself. Learn how to understand and engender the experience of allowing dream emotion to flow and change through embodiment of elements of the dream.

Experiencing Dreams as Catalysts of Emotion Regulation

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In this webinar, Dr. Leslie Ellis will:

Offer a brief experience of the dream embodiment process itself, so you have a direct felt sense of the topic as we discuss it
Explain how to safely invite dream embodiment, and why it’s so illuminating
Share examples of this process in action to demonstrate its depth and richness
Offer a live demo, sharing of dream images, and/or Q/A

For those interested in my flagship Embodied Experiential Dreamwork program, this webinar gives you a sample of how the classes tend to be structured: experiential, then information related to the experience you just had, and a demonstration (if there is a willing volunteer) and ideally time for questions.

What you will receive:

The audio recording
slide presentation
a brief article I wrote on the topic of dream emotion
linked transcript and recording in otter.ai format
and the recent academic article I refer in the talk that gives more complete description of Embodied Experiential Dreamwork

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Leslie Ellis

Dr. Leslie Ellis teaches psychotherapists/clinicians how to work with dreams and nightmares. She also offers resources, groups and courses for everyone interested in engaging more deeply with dreams, and/or finding relief from nightmares.

Dr. Leslie Ellis is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (Routledge, 2020) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and worked as a therapist in private practice in Vancouver, BC for more than 25 years. For more than 10 years she offered a Vancouver-based focusing certification program for practicing therapists. She now certifies clinicians to work with dreams and nightmares via an online program, and also teaches with the Jung Platform and Polyvagal Institute.

Dr. Leslie Ellis

I am always trying to improve my programs, so I asked my most recent cohort how their comfort level and ways of working with dreams have changed over the past year as a result of participating in my Embodied Experiential Dreamwork program. It is so gratifying to hear how many deepened and freed up their relationship to dreams.

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TESTIMONIALS...

I really liked both theoretical and experiential learning. I was needing a more structured and systematic knowledge about dreamwork, and this course really provided me with that. It’s a beautiful foundation that will help me expand my interest in this area. I also liked our group very much, so many beautiful people with different backgrounds and sensitivities, and I think that all of us being honest and engaged together really contributed to the richness of experience.

My most loved aspects were witnessing you working with dreams in a group setting, and the intimacy of the group itself. I also loved the spaciousness in the container and the levity Leslie brought to the group. Clinically, I loved the experiential aspects of focusing and dreamwork combined.
As a result of taking this program, I now move slower with my dreams and I feel more connected to figures and aspects that show up. I also feel more resourced in my work with dreams.

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Something else I loved about this program is that it wasn’t formulaic, but process oriented which really supported the individual finding their own way. It was a nice blend of clinical and personal exploration.
I would also say another benefit is the small group size, because you really get to be in a safe and intimate space. It also provides an opportunity to try on others’ dream images and expand figures within your own dreamscape.

If you’re interested in working with dreams this is a solid, inspiring, practical, evidence-based method that has empowered me to connect more deeply with my own dream life and work with my clients and their dreams with confidence.

Since taking this program, at a personal level, I now pay more attention to my dreams because I am more fully at ease with them and have various ways of being with them – many ways of opening the doors that can lead to possible meanings.
Professionally, I can offer clients these ways of helping them be with their dreams, particularly bad dreams and nightmares.
For those considering taking this program: it is well worth the time, energy and effort. There is so much specifically and practically to learn about dreams and how to work with them.