Yearly Archives: 2014
Letting Go of the Deceased
Dreamwork can be a living, evolving thing. Some dreams stay alive in the imagination for a long time. New perspectives and new insights can appear over time. It might happen…
Trauma in Dreams
When people ask me what my life calling is I usually reply: “I want to help get dreams back into medicine and health care.” When people ask me why dreams…
When a Woman Dreams of Eggs
The egg is a fascinating symbol. When an egg appears in a dream it always catches my attention; I know that something important is being shown, something to do with…
Do the Contents of the Unconscious Want to Be Exposed in Dreams?
A few years ago I was working with a woman who didn’t understand why I was so interested in her dreams. As a way of justifying myself I said: “I’m…
Dreams and Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity is a very exciting new field of medicine and therapy. For me it is best described as the ability of the brain to generate and strengthen new desired neural networks…
Good Thing or Bad Thing?
At first glance it is often difficult to tell if the central event in a dream is referring to something good or something bad. In my dreamwork practice I have…
Sometimes You Need to Get Physical With a Dream
What are the common ways that people work with their dreams? We think about our dreams, we talk about them, we visualize them. This dynamic trio of thinking/talking/visualizing is remarkably…
No Dreams? How About Movies?
I just returned from four days in Berkeley California at the annual conference of the IASD– International Association for the Study of Dreams. As usual the conference was fascinating and…
The Girl With Special Powers
A thirty year old man recently told me the following dream: “I’m in a room. It seems to be a pizza place. There are four tires stacked in the corner….
There’s a Shark Following Us
What would it mean if you had a dream of being pursued by a shark? As usual there is no one single answer. Don’t bother running to the dream dictionary…