Helping people with their dreams

Helping people with their dreams.

When someone tells you about a dream, how tempted are you to help out, to offer an interpretation, or to ask a leading question that you figure will help them to see the meaning of their dream?

According to modern folklore, people scatter fast in social situations when someone mentions a dream. Apparently, while our own dreams are intensely interesting to us personally, other people’s dreams are deadly boring conversation-killers.

But for those of us who have experienced the life-changing benefits of working with our dreams, other people’s dreams can be alluring, and the urge to offer some on-the-spot insight can be compelling. But we don’t, of course, because, as seasoned dream workers, we know that dreams need deep respect and honouring, and a dreamer needs to be ready to commit to this.

So, how can you help other people with their dreams?

When friends and family learn that you have dream interpretation skills, they may ask for your help and insight. If you want to help, encourage them to set aside time and focussed space specifically to sit with you to talk about their dream. If they’re serious, they’ll do this. If they’re not, you risk draining your energy.

You can help people indirectly, by pointing them toward resources you trust, perhaps books and podcasts that educate and inspire, or professional dream workers, or courses.

You might like to formalise your help by running a dream group.

Dream groups are hugely varied in approach and format, but, at heart, they’re about meeting on a regular basis with a handful of other people to share dreams and seek insight through exploring their possible meanings together. You might charge a nominal fee to cover expenses, or you might charge a professional fee for your services.

There are many different ways to do this. I offer plenty of tips and ideas in this blog: How to run a Dream Group.

When you enrol for my Professional Dream Therapy Level 1 course, you get to choose 2-3 of your friends or acquaintances (or friends of friends) to be your volunteer clients as you practise the set tasks. The feedback I receive from students is that they love working with their volunteers, helping them, and witnessing their breakthroughs. It helps build the confidence students need to offer their professional services for a fee when they finish the course. When I designed the course, I wanted to focus on practical work, on students being able to help real people with real dreams in wonderful ways. I built private mentoring sessions into the course to ensure students receive my practical help at every level too. If becoming a dream therapist appeals to you, you can read more details about the course here.

The Christmas and New Year party season is upon us. No doubt someone, somewhere, will mention a dream. Now, perhaps, you’re a little more inspired as to how to help, when to help, and when not to!