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ABSTRACT Dreams during Grief
Patricia Garfield, Ph.D.
Patricia Garfield, Ph.D., a leading dream expert with a doctorate in clinical psychology, has written nine books on dreams and co-founded the Association for the Study of Dreams (President 1998-99). Her Creative Dreaming, a bestseller in print since 1974, appears in fourteen languages. Her work for teens, The Dream Book (2002), won two prestigious awards. Summary of Presentation During grief, people experience change in their dreams. A person’s mourning of loss involves three general stages, each characterized by different types of dream imagery. Workshop participants learn the typical dreams to expect and how these can be used as a basis for self-understanding and healing. Practical exercises are included Learning Objectives: 1. What are the three typical phases of grief? 2. What types of dreams are most representative of these phases? 3. What is one dream work method used to encourage healing during grief?
Evaluation questions: Abstract At
the ASD’s 2002 conference at Tufts University, an exciting event took
place: the birth of the Dream Activism Group.
In the wake of the terrorist events of 9-11 2001, we (Guiley and
Dwyer) envisioned a project that would awaken people to the power of
focused dreaming for positive social change.
The group that came together at the conference discussed and
developed a platform for collective dreaming that would take place once a
month with an incubation affirmation: “Tonight I dream the awakened
heart... today I awaken the dreaming heart.”
Our affirmation was made as universal as possible in order to
address the personal needs and interests of the diverse dreaming
community. The
Dream Activism Group was inaugurated as one of the ASD’s online
study/discussion groups. Since
then, we have carried on a lively discussion of our enlightening
experiences dreaming as a group. We have experienced mutual dreaming,
possible precognitive dreaming, and energy-charged ideas we have
implemented. The group keeps written summary records, compiled monthly by
scribe Janice Ryalls. We (Guiley
and Dwyer) wrote a report of our formation and initial dreaming, published
in Dream Time. Our
intent is for our proactive dreaming will inspire and shape ways that we
initiate actions in the world for the social good.
The Dream-In takes the work of Dream Activism to a new level and a
larger audience. The
Dream-In can be divided into three parts: 1) Introduction, background,
summaries; 2) Invitation for participants to share their own ideas and
experiences; 3) Guided meditation dream incubation for the entire group.
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