Dreamwork Therapy
Because sometimes the most honest conversations begin in our dreams.
Why Dreamwork?
Dreams can reveal underlying emotions, concerns and strengths; they invite deeper self‑awareness and creativity. Dreams bypass our usual defenses and bring attention to what matters most and can thereby can deepen and accelerate therapy.
I’ve received dreamwork training from Dr. Leslie Ellis, a leading expert in embodied, experiential dreamwork. Dr. Ellis’s approach emphasizes attending to the body’s felt sense of a dream and uses the dreamer’s own bodily responses to guide interpretation.
In dreamwork sessions, you recount a recent dream in detail. The therapist asks open‑ended questions to explore the images, emotions and sensations involved.
Rather than offering symbolic interpretations, the therapist helps you connect with your own associations and bodily responses to the dream. This embodied method, rooted in Dr. Ellis’s work, encourages clients to physically sense the dream’s meaning, which can lead to profound insights.
Dreamwork can also be integrated with focusing techniques and other modalities to explore nightmares or recurring themes.
