People in your dreams
“You say that everything and everyone in a dream represents a part of the dreamer. I can see how the unicorn in my dream represents my magical thinking, and how the dark, brooding thundercloud portrays my pent-up anger. But I’m having difficulty seeing my partner, Neil, who is also in this dream, as a part of myself. I didn’t realise how angry I was with Neil until I had this dream. I’m thundercloud-angry with him,
What is dream therapy?
What is dream therapy, and what does a dream therapist do? If you are skilled in understanding and working with dreams, you might consider offering your services as a dream interpreter, a dream analyst, a dream alchemist, or a dream therapist. Or you might choose to facilitate a dream group, or to introduce dream exploration as an adjunct to your work with clients in a related field. So, let’s distinguish between some of these offerings
What does my dream mean?
“For ten years I’ve had a recurring dream of a plane plummeting to the ground and exploding,” said Jenny, calling into a radio segment I did earlier this week. “What does it mean?” When you wake up from a dream, what questions spring to your mind? What does it mean? Why did I dream that? What does this dream say about me? Is my dream giving me a message? What’s going on in my subconscious?
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 Ancient Greece around the fourth and fifth centuries BC, and felt in need of healing, physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually, you might have booked yourself in for dream therapy at one of the many healing temples dedicated to Asclepius, the
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 blur, let’s get down to some definitions. People who choose to be in the business of helping people with their dreams operate under a range of job titles, a far bigger range than I have listed. Dream guide and dream