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Nightmares and lost sleep
In my work as a dream therapist, I’ve noticed that more than half of first time appointments are booked by people suffering nightmares and lost sleep, or on behalf of their children who are plagued Read more...
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This dreaming business
Whenever I’m asked what I do for a living, my answer seems to surprise, or confuse. “I’m a dream analyst,” I might say, or “I’m a dream therapist”, or sometimes, to keep things easy, “I’m Read more...
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Watery dreams
We all have watery dreams from time to time, like facing a looming tsunami, drowning, discovering we can breathe underwater, swimming, floating, or being lashed by a heavy storm. What can these, and other watery Read more...
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Dream therapy Ancient Greek style
How well do you think you would sleep if there were snakes slithering around the floor of your room? Even if they were assuredly non-venomous, would you sleep enough to dream? If you lived in Read more...
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The Dream Reader and the Dream Therapist
Now, there’s a job title, Dream Reader. There’s also Dream Interpreter, Dream Analyst, Dream Alchemist, and Dream Therapist. I’m often asked about the differences between these job descriptions, and while the boundaries may overlap or Read more...
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Past, present, and future
“Why dig up the past? Isn’t that what you do when you explore your unconscious mind through your dreams?” It’s a common perception that the unconscious mind is a minefield of explosive repressed emotions and Read more...
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Why do you do that?
I was sitting in ‘hair and makeup’ at the television studios earlier this week, being made up to go on Today Extra. In everyday life the only make up I wear is red lipstick. In Read more...
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From little things
The Dream Academy is about to launch with its first course, the first of many, and we’re currently checking that everything’s shipshape and ready for our first visitors and students to come on board. Last Read more...
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The train
I had a recurring dream when I was a university student back in the early seventies in Glasgow, Scotland. In my dream, I would arrive at the train station to see my train leaving, or Read more...
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A life in dreams
When I look back over my life so far, I see a path of dreams. I think of my early childhood, and there it is, my dream of snakes nesting at the foot of my Read more...