Re-opening the Royal Road: A Practical Guide to Dreams
– Presented by Meredith Sabini, PhD

Four sessions, on Fridays:

October 11, November 8, December 13, 2019 & January 10, 2020 | 12:15 – 2:15 pm

Narrative: The royal road to dreams has been undergoing repairs and there is a welcome shift toward direct engagement with dream imagery and narrative and away from formulaic interpreting. Your good observational skills and thoughtful questions are more than adequate to open a dream dialogue with clients. Using sample dreams from the instructor and participants, we will see how readily dreams come to life as we identify their main theme, the dreamer’s stance, dynamic tension, resources, and affects. Its meanings and purposes emerge naturally as these components are explored. This user-friendly approach also helps clients experience dreams as a personal resource with which they can engage on their own.

This study group will also cover the common metaphors by which therapy is represented in dreams and how these can help orient the work. Dream markers found to correlate with trauma, bipolarity, borderline, suicide risk, and psychosis will be noted. Emphasis is on how your own and clients’ dreams can become your consultant in any clinical setting, whether the modality is short-term or long; somatic, cognitive, affective, or relational. Clinicians of any experience level and orientation welcome.

Meredith Sabini, PhD is founder/director of The Dream Institute of Northern California, in Berkeley, and a state CE Provider since 1997. She is widely published in the field of dream studies and has specialized in dream education and consultation for 30 years. She is CIP’s director of Dream Training

COST: 

Non Members:
$160 early registration, up to 10 days prior to first session, $180 after

CIP Members:
$130 early registration, up to 10 days prior to first session, $150 after

CEs: 8 CEs for LMFTs and LCSWs and 8 CEs for Psychologists (Certificates issued after completion of the 8 sessions.)

Community Institute for Psychotherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Community Institute for Psychotherapy maintains responsibility for these programs and their contents.

Accommodations will be made wherever possible to those with disabilities.  Please let us know of any disabilities upon registration, to ensure proper accommodations are put in place prior to workshop/training.

Cancellations must be received in writing 10 business days prior to the seminar or class for a refund minus a $25 cancellation fee.