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23rd Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams
Dreams Building Bridges
June 20 - 24th, 2006
at

Bridgewater State College,
Bridgewater Massachusetts

International Association for the Study of Dreams

 

23rd Annual Conference

of the International Association for the Study of Dreams

Dreams Building Bridges

20–24 June 2006

at Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

CLICK HERE for more information and registration

 

Explore the meanings and mysteries of dreams and nightmares with world-famous authors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, artists, educators and researchers in the field of Dream Studies.  Take advantage of the daily social events, join in group lunches, purchase author-signed books, and chat informally with your favorite dream experts.  The many well-known authors, researchers and experts in the field of dreams and dreamwork that make up our conference this year include: Montague Ullman, MD, (one of the founding fathers of modern dreamwork); Michael Conforti, PhD, (Jungian Analyst and researcher); Orson Scott Card, (well-known author of many science fiction/fantasy novels); Deirdre Barrett, PhD, (author of The Committee of Sleep); Kelly Bulkeley, PhD, (author of Dreaming Beyond Death); Patricia Garfield, PhD, (author of Creative Dreaming); Ernest Hartmann, MD, (author of Dreams and Nightmares); Curtiss Hoffman, PhD, (author of The Seven Story Tower); Robert Hoss, MS, (author of Dream Language): Stanley Krippner, PhD, (co-author of Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them); Alan Siegel, PhD, & Marcia Emery,PhD, (the Discovery Health Channel “Dream Decoders”);  Rev. Dr. Jeremy Taylor (author of The Living Labyrinth); Bob Van de Castle, PhD, (author of Our Dreaming Mind) and over 100 other presenters.

 

VENUE • The Conference will be held on the campus of Bridgewater State College, located in a small, quiet town about 30 miles south of Boston.  It is a progressive, academically challenging public college with state-of-the-art technology.  The campus has relatively flat terrain and is easy to traverse. The dormitory spaces for lodging the conference attendees are modern and comfortable, and most rooms are airconditioned.  (Register early to ensure an airconditioned room).  The food service (by Sodexho) is cafeteria style for the main meals and of excellent quality. There is a commuter rail line located right on campus which leads directly to South Station in Boston where airport transport is available, and within easy walking distance of major shopping and sight-seeing areas.

 

2006 Conference Events  • Over 125 workshops and events on all aspects of dreaming are planned, with topics and events of interest to the general public as well as professionals.  Special events include: an Opening Reception and Keynote by Michael Conforti, PhD, Tuesday evening; a Dream Arts Exhibition and reception on Wednesday evening; a special luncheon with Monte Ullman, PhD, a solstice visit to a Native American archaeoastronomical site, and a Dream Telepathy Contest on Thursday; Orson Scott Card on Friday evening, and on Saturday evening the ever popular closing costume "Dream Ball".  Earn CE credits (Continuing Education) and PDPs (Professional Development Points) for selected sessions.  The provider of the CE credits is the IASD Dream Studies Continuing Education program.  IASD is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IASD maintains responsibility for this program and its content. A partial list of presenters and abbreviated presentation titles, is included below.  Click Here to review the complete schedule.

 

Partial List of Presentations

 

·    Montague Ullman – The Dream: In Search of a New Abode

·    Michael Conforti - Dreams, Eternal Wisdom and the Objective Psyche

·    Orson Scott Card - The Use and Misuse of Dreams in Fiction                              

·    Patricia Garfield - Lifelong Dreamers: Guide for Dream Study with Seniors

·    Hartmann, Kunzendorf, Zborovski, Knudson – The Contemporary Theory of Dreaming

·    Sheila Asato  -  Healing Collage

·    Rachel Aubrey  - Dream Sharing in a Retirement Community

·    Hidayet Aydar   - Istikhara and Dream

·    Deirdre Barrett  -  Dreams at Burning Man

·    Mark Blagrove - Assessing Causes of Nightmares

·    Fariba Bogzaran - Integral Dreaming

·    Bogzaran/Fowler/Hurd - Transformative Power of Dream Studies

·    Chris Brewer - Awakening the Dream Within

·    Nicholas Brink & Elizabeth Jeffries - Healing Dreamwork in Welsh Mythology

·    Bulkeley/Pagel/Kahn/Strickling - Dreaming and Waking Consciousness

·    Bulkeley/Koet/Davis/Adams -Dreaming in Christianity and Islam

·    Benjamin Campbell - Adrenarche and Dreaming

·    Campbell/Adams/Garfield/Ridberg/Reed/White-Lewis - Dreams in the Education of Young People

·    Jean Campbell – Dream Work, Body Work

·    Manlio Caporali - Dreams and Delusion

·    Pierre Clement - Dreams and Emotions

·    Bob Coalson - The Sand Way in Healing and Transformation

·    Layne Dalfen - Decoding Dreams for Beginners

·    Teresa DeCicco - The Storytelling Method

·    Sven Doehner -  Working Alchemically with Sound

·    Christine Dresp - Dreamwork with Depressed Latino Men

·    Beverly D'Urso - Interactive Dream Healing

·    Duesbury & Bynum - Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams

·    Dwyer/Bogzaran/Warner/Williams/Joyce - Dreams: A Bridge to Spirit

·    Jim Emery  - Yoga              

·    Marcia Emery - Using Intuition to Interpret Your Dreams

·    Lynne Engelskirchen - Dreaming for Others

·    Finocan/Castillo/Salvi/Thomas/Fishman/Loeffler - The Power of Multiplicity in an On-Going Dream Group

·    Marilyn Fowler - Art as a Gateway for Exploring Dream Imagery

·    Anne Frey - Discerning Life with Dreams

·    Art Funkhouser - Ten Dimensions of Dream Meaning

·    Jayne Gackenbach & Steve Reiter - Video Game Structure Preferences, Flow, and Dreams

·    Robert Gebelein - The Mental Senses

·    Goodwin/Hill/Van de Castle/Schredl - The Practice of Dream Incubation

·    Goodwin/Hoss/Baylis/Gongloff - The Language of Dreams

·    Goodwin/Dwyer, Dalfen, Wijngaard –Tips for Dream Group Leaders

·    Robert Gongloff - Dream Themes: A New Approach

·    David Gordon - Tension of Opposites in Our Dreams

·    Dale Graff - Dynamics of Psi Dreaming

·    Nicole Gratton - 5 Steps to Become an Active Dreamer

·    Geri Grubbs - Archetypal Dimension of Bereavement Dreams

·    Bob Haden - Biblical Dreams and Their Relevance

·    Mark Hagen - Art, Literature, Film and Dreams

·    Olaf Hansen - Dreams as Cultural Expression

·    Ernest Hartmann – The Central Image, the Fast Track

·    Curtiss Hoffman - Intuition in Group Dreamwork

·    Hoss/Krippner/Hamilton - Dreams and Human Transformation

·    Robert & Lynne Hoss - Dreamwork and Energy Psychology

·    Caroline Horton – Comparing autobiographical memories and memories for dreams

·    Carol Humphreys & Roger Knudson -  Dreams and Clinical Supervision

·    Ryan Hurd - Prehistoric Rock Art on Ometepe Island

·    Jerry Jennings - Dreams Without Disguise

·    Clare Johnson - Lucid Dream Archetypes in Fiction

·    David Kahn - Thinking During Dreaming

·    King/Bulkeley /Welt -Teaching about Dreams

·    Roger Knudson & Gillian Finocan - What I Learned in Dreams 101

·    Elena Korabelnikova - Dreams and Epilepsy

·    Justina Lasley - Creating Innovative Dream Groups

·    Vinece Lee - Dreams Calling

·    Jon Lipsky - Dream Enactment

·    Frank Lucatelli - Optimal Times for Dream Experience

·    Tallulah Lyons & Wendy Pannier - Dream Imagery as Healing Energy

·    Sheryl Martin & Rosemary Guiley - The Tao of Dreaming

·    Zeke Mazur - The Age of Man (film)

·    Laurel McCabe - Dark Aspect of Healing Dreams

·    Isobel McGrath & Nancy Weston - Let Me out of the Box

·    Adrian Medina-Liberty - Preschool Children’s Dreams

·    Virginia Milhouse - Hollywood Is All About Genre

·    Louise Milne - Dreams as Visual Culture

·    Lana Nasser - In Search of the Silver Violin

·    Jim Pagel - Dreaming and Insomnia

·    Pannier/Asato/Gratton/Steinwedel/Lasley - The Business of Dreaming

·    Pearson/Asato/Harthan/Hoffman/McCall/Sturzenacker - Dreams and Guidance

·    Potts/Ullman/Krippner/D’Urso/Dwyer/Bartnicki - Psi Dreams

·    Rabinowe/Markus/Diamond - Creative Dreamwork

·    Sara Ridberg - Children’s Dreams in an Elementary School

·    Winter & Michael Robinson - Waking Up

·    Rivkha Rogacion - Interpretation Using  the ESSENCE Approach

·    Rosenberg/Krippner/Holzinger - Movie, Media, Myth and Dreams

·    Richard Russo & Meredith Sabini - Culture Dreaming

·    Patricia Schmieg - Dreaming in Animal

·    Lauren Schneider - Dreams and Tarot

·    Michael Schredl - Continuity Between Waking and Dreaming

·    Schroll/Van de Castle/Gackenbach/Feather/Krippner - Dreams, Psi and Religion

·    Richard Schweickert - Social Networks of Characters in Dreams

·    Fred Jeremy Seligson - Well-being Exercises Learned from Dreams

·    Alan Siegel - Dreams in the Second Half of Life

·    Siegel/Lippman/TBD - Comparative Analysis

·    Allison Smith - Teens, Dreams, and Creativity

·    Scott Sparrow - The Five-Star Method

·    Bonnelle Strickling - Jung and Jaspers

·    Gunnar Sundstrom -The Montague Ullman Approach

·    Michele Takei & Deborah Sewitch -The MARI

·    Jeremy Taylor - Projective Dreamwork

·    Misa Tsuruta - Moving out/into Dream

·    Dani Vedros - Compassionate Dreamwork

·    Maria Volchenko - Dream and Regression Therapy

·    Carol Warner - Dreams, Trauma and the Therapeutic Window

·    Patricia Pionke & Rosemary Watts -Dreams in the Classroom

·    Craig Webb - Universal Dream Dance Circle

·    Bernard Welt - Dr. Seuss’ Dream Vision

·    Tjitske Wijngaard - Dreams and Collages of an Elderly Woman

·    Ann Sayre Wiseman -Three-Dimensional Dream Decoding

·    Marilia Yokota - Art Therapy with Dream Images          

·    Marco Zanasi - Dreams and Bipolar Disorder

Register now online (click here)    On-campus housing and meals are strongly recommended since off-campus facilities require personal transportation.  Single day and full conference registration will also be available onsite but without the pre-registration discount, meals or housing (Individual meals may be purchased on campus).  A list of off-campus facilities can be found by clicking here.  Lodging in East Hall (which is air-conditioned) is limited to 200 rooms (300 persons).  Lodging beyond this will be accommodated in other residence halls on campus which are not air-conditioned.  When you register you may either pay online with a credit card, or complete the transaction and follow up by mail with a check.  Alternately you can mail in the registration form attached below, with your check or credit card information.  Note: Rates increase after 10 June, and no campus housing or meal reservations are possible after 1 June, so don't wait.    

TRANSPORT  • Driving distance is 30 miles from Boston to the Bridgewater campus.  The commuter rail line is located right on campus which connects directly to South Station in Boston where airport transport is available by cab or shuttle.   Knight's limo service is also available from Logan and T.F. Greene Airports. Contact numbers for local travel and alternative local housing can be found by clicking here. 

 

CONTACTS and INFORMATION

·         For Registration and Conference home page click here

·         For General Questions you may contact office@asdreams.org   or leave a call-back message at 1-866-DREAM12 (866-373-2612).

·         Our Host Curt Hoffman may be contacted at curtiss.hoffman@bridgew.edu   

·         For Conference Public Relations contact Karen Bartnicki at KJ.Bartnicki@verizon.net

·         For information on Volunteer opportunities, in exchange for reduced conference fees click here

·         For periodic updates subscribe to the monthly IASD E-News group by sending a blank e-mail to:

  iasd-enews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

·         Mailing address:  International Association for the Study of Dreams, 1672 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94703

 

About the International Association for the Study of Dreams

The IASD is a nonprofit, international, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the pure and applied investigation of dreams and dreaming. Its purpose is to promote an awareness and appreciation of dreams in both professional and public arenas; to encourage research into the nature, function, and significance of dreaming; to advance the application of the study of dreams; and to provide a forum for the eclectic and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and information.  IASD is open to anyone who studies, explores, or works with dreams.  Membership represents about 30 countries and people from all disciplines including: psychology, psychiatry, social work, education at all levels, religious studies, anthropology, medicine, the expressive and performing arts, literature, philosophy, humanities and business.  Membership benefits include the professional journal Dreaming and the magazine Dream Time, discounts to conferences plus many online benefits.  For information about the organization or how to become a member please go to www.asdreams.org   

 

IASD ETHICAL POLICIES  Participants and presenters agree to follow IASD’s Ethics Statement and Dreamwork Ethics Statement which are posted on our web site and will appear in the conference program. Our ethical policy emphasizes respect, confidentiality, and sensitivity to individual and cultural differences.  Full details are available on our web site.

   

Officers:  Wendy Pannier  (President); Ed Kellogg, PhD, (Vice-President);  David Kahn, PhD, (Chair of the Board); Robert Waggoner (Treasurer); Jean Campbell, MA, (President Elect); Gary Goodwin, MA, (Secretary); Bob Hoss, MS, (Executive Officer); Olaf G. Hansen, MA, (VP Europe); Jeremy Seligson, JD, (VP Asia/Pacific)     Board: Berthe Bogers; Bitsy Broughton, MA; Layne Dalfen; Marcia Emery, PhD; Jill Fischer, MS; David Gordon, PhD; Curt Hoffman, PhD; Roger Knudson, PhD; Laurel McCabe, PhD;  Cynthia Pearson; Gloria Struzenacker, MS; Gunnar Sundstrom; Bernard Welt, PhD; Tjitske Wijngaard, MA     Past Presidents: Richard Russo, MA; Robert Hoss, MS; Robert Bosnak, JD; Mark Blagrove, PhD; Jane White-Lewis, PhD; Alan Siegel, PhD; Patricia Garfield, PhD; Kelly Bulkeley, PhD; Johanna King, PhD; Rev. Jeremy Taylor, DMin; Deirdre Barrett, PhD; Stanley Krippner, PhD; Rita Dwyer; Erik Craig, EdD; Carol S. Rupprecht, PhD; Alan Moffitt, PhD; Jayne Gackenbach, PhD; Ernest Hartmann, MD; Milton Kramer, MD; Robert L. Van de Castle, PhD; Gayle M.V. Delaney, PhD 

 

Conference Hosts:  Curtiss Hoffman, PhD - Conference Host; Bitsy Broughton, MA - Program Co-Chair; Robert Hoss, MS - Program Co-Chair

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