Program of Events
Version 7, 7 June 2007, Subject to Change Without Notice
General Information
Morning Dream Groups and Yoga - Nourish the Spirit of the Dream
We offer a number of morning dream groups with experienced facilitators who offer varied approaches in working with the dream. There are signup sheets in the lobby of the Cooperage near the registration table. When you check in, sign up for the dream group that interests
you, and attend it each morning. Dream Groups are small with space limited to around 12 attendees per group. Dream Groups may require attendance at the first meeting to attend subsequent sessions. Dream group facilitators follow the ethics code of IASD. Please see inside for a full listing of Dream Groups.
Conference Message Board
A message board is available at the Registration/Information Desk in the Foyer of the Cooperage. Please check the board daily for messages, schedule changes, and other conference-related details.
IASD Products Table
In Amici's, adjacent to the Cooperage, IASD items are available for purchase. This is the ideal place to find a wide range of dream items-from Dreamlight pens for recording your dreams, license plate frames, static-cling decals, t-shirts, Dream Network Magazine, and past issues of DreamTime. The Dreamlight pen is NEW this year and we have an exciting t-shirt that you will definitely want to see. Come early to be sure and find your size.
Conference Recording
No need to worry if you can't attend everything you want to attend. Selected sessions will be recorded by Conference Recording Service (CRS). Order forms are available in your registration packet. CDs and order forms will be available during the conference. After the conference, you can order from the CRS website www.ConferenceRecording.com or call 800-647-1110.
Bookstore
Books by our presenters and other popular authors on the subjects of dreams can be purchased during the conference from the Mental Health Resources bookstore located in Amici's.
Literature Tables
Located in Amici's, adjacent to the Cooperage, the Literature Tables offer a venue for conference attendees to display literature and other materials related to their dreamwork. Please visit the table to learn more about your fellow dreamworkers.
Wireless Access
Wireless access is available in the Cooperage, Amicis, University Library, and parts of Stevenson Hall—unfortunately no wireless access in the lodging. Laptops must be equipped with a wireless network card with wi-fi capabilities. To access, turn on your wireless, start up your browser, and log on as a Guest to the SSU system using your personal email. See this campus map for wireless locations: http://www.sonoma.edu/it/helpdesk/wireless/locations.shtml.
Checking Email
Schulz University Library has computers with web access for checking email. Visit this site for more information: http://libweb.sonoma.edu/services/computer.html.
HOUSING, MEALS and TRANSPORTATION
Housing
Campus lodging is provided in Sauvignon Village, a two-story cluster of town-house apartments off the green, adjacent to the Cooperage, where about half of the main conference events are held. Lodging includes four locked bedrooms (singles and doubles) with private baths; living room; and kitchen. High-speed internet access is available –you must provide your own Ethernet cable to hook up. The lodging – meal package provides for one set of bed linens and towels, cup, soap, parking, and three meals a day beginning with lunch on Friday.
Dining
Conference attendees staying on campus sign up for the five-day lodging - meal package (includes parking pass) with all meals provided in the Zinfandel Dining Commons, which provides a selection of food for all nutritional orientations, vegan included. Attendees not staying on campus and therefore without the five-day meal package, will have access to two small on-campus eateries, Charlie Brown’s for breakfast and lunch, the Grill (an outdoor summer grill) for lunch, as well as neighborhood eateries (Shangri-La for Nepalese food), Taco Bell, a juice bar, and a Starbucks across the street from campus. A list of local restaurants is provided in the registration packet.
Parking
Parking is not complimentary but requires a parking pass. The parking pass is included in the lodging - meal package and will be in the reserved residential lots surrounding the townhouses. If you did not sign up for campus lodging, or if you’re staying off-campus or commuting from home, you must obtain a parking pass as follows: Buy a $2.50 parking pass each day at the ticket machine located at the entrance to each unreserved parking lot. All daily unreserved attendees should park in the J lot, which is closest to the Cooperage; you may also park in any unreserved lot, such as F lot, though this is further from the Cooperage than the J lot. If you’re buying a daily parking pass from the ticket machine, do not park in the reserved lots around the Cooperage as you will get a ticket. Display your parking pass on the windshield. Handicapped parking spaces are available at the lodging in the reserved residential areas in marked spaces, as well as behind Schulz Library, in lot A near the Dining Commons, and near the Commons for evening receptions. See this website for Disability Parking sites: http://www.sonoma.edu/maps/adamap1.pdf .
Transportation
Driving distance is 60 miles from San Francisco to the Sonoma State campus. Bus service is available from the Oakland, San Francisco, and Santa Rosa Airports, which drops passengers off at the Doubletree Hotel, where local cabs or shuttle can take you to the campus. Note that a car or cab will be required if you prefer to stay off-campus. The campus dropoff and pickup point is the Cooperage—a delivery driveway is located at the Cooperage mailboxes. Contact numbers for local travel can be found at www.asdreams.org/2007/idx_travel.htm or at the following numbers:
Sonoma County Airport Express 1 (800) 327.2024
Taxis: Rohnert Park Taxi (707) 585.0211
Yellow, George's, Checker Cabs (707) 544. 4444
Limousine to Airports: 1-800-658-5679
Conference Departure
On checkout, conference participants must return room keys to the information desk located in the lobby of the Cooperage. Deposits will be returned only when and if keys are returned. If you are departing early please go to the Information Desk to return your keys and receive your deposit.
How To Get CE: IASD Continuing Education Credits
EARN CE CREDITS (Continuing Education) for selected sessions. The provider of the CE credits is the IASD Dream Studies Continuing Education program that is part of the IASD Education Committee. Earn up to 25 credits during the main conference for selected events including 4 ETHICS credits to meet license requirements. Earn up to 7 additional CE credits during the pre-conference program on June 29th, including 7 CLINICAL SUPERVISION credits. IASD is a CE provider for the California BBSE. IASD is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IASD maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Which Conference Events Qualify? There are approximately 200 events during the five-day conference. Only events marked with the letters “CE” in the program will qualify for IASD CE Credits. Please note that only those events marked in the program and the schedule grid, with the five letters “APA CE” represent APA or BBSE status that are most relevant for license renewal for practicing clinicians.
Do the Credits Apply to all Types of Professional Licenses in All States and Countries? If you are a psychologist, social worker, MFT, nurse, counselor, M.D., or other mental health or health practitioner seeking CE credits to meet licensing requirements, check with your license board to find out if they will accept credits from either a BBSE (California Board of Behavioral Science) or APA (American Psychological Association) approved sponsor of continuing education. Many license boards may accept these credits but IASD does not guarantee that any particular regional license board will accept the CE units obtained at this conference,
Brief Instructions: For those seeking CE credits (Continuing Education) for selected sessions you must have pre-reserved, or at registration pay for, the CE packet. To obtain CE credits you must pay a CE processing fee, obtain a CE Log at registration, carry it with you at all times, and have each CE event you attend initialed by a room monitor. You must have the room monitor at the end of each event certify your attendance with their initials. CE Credits will be awarded based on the CE rated sessions you have attended and have obtained confirming signatures for. See more detailed information in your CE packets. The process is as follows:
1) At registration, pay fee and receive CE Log; 2) Carry the CE Log at all times, and at the end of each CE event, have your log initialed by the room monitor or the presenter if no monitor is present; 3) Complete CE Log and evaluation forms; 4) You must turn in all completed forms and receive your certificate prior to leaving the conference. CE credits cannot be issued after the conference or without properly completed forms.
When And Where Do I Get My Credits: A certificate is issued at the end of the conference when all evaluation forms have been completed and CE monitors have initialed the attendance log in the CE Packet. Attendance is tallied at the end of the conference and the resultant CE credits are awarded at that time. Certificates will be issued on Tuesday between noon and 6 PM at the Information Desk. If you are leaving the conference early then you may process your CE certificates early by going to the Information Desk prior to leaving. IASD will issue the certificate at the conference in person to the attendee and can only grant the receipt of a certificate if you turn in fully completed forms and evaluations during those times. CE certificates will not be sent to participants afterwards. There will be no exceptions. There is an additional $30.00 handling fee imposed by IASD if a replacement certificate is requested.
About CE Certificates: Certificates are issued for successful completion of CE hours. The certificate provides a permanent record of training that may be applicable for insurance panels, hospital staff status, or independent study credit at educational institutions. Please keep in mind that each state and each profession’s licensing board may have different requirements. CE credit is not synonymous with any kind of academic credit. However, CE credit may become part of independent study credit if the academic institution agrees to accept the credit. In general, CE hours can provide a permanent record of training received for various professional purposes such as documentation for licensing or insurance panels.. IASD maintains records of CE units earned. Suggestions or comments about these programs or the IASD CE credit program may be directed to: office@asdreams.org
Earn 2 Units Academic Credit: Psy 595, Psychology of Dreams through Sonoma State University for attending the full conference (30 hours). These are upper-division Psychology credits transferable to most colleges and universities—check with the requirements of your particular program to verify that the units can be transferred. Registration and $90 payment for academic credit takes place at the Conference Registration desk on Friday, June 29; no late registration is available. One research paper required, due Aug. 1. Contact the conference Host, Laurel McCabe, for more information.
2007 IASD DREAM ART EXHIBITION AND AWARDS - "The Spirit of the Dream," a juried exhibition of dream-inspired art, features the work of artists from all over the United States, as well as abroad. The exhibit is housed at the Schulz Gallery of Sonoma State University, from June 15 through July 29, with an opening reception on July 2. Thanks to the generous ongoing support of Nancy Richter Brzeski, $4,500 in awards will be granted to artists chosen from among those whose work is accepted for the 2007 IASD dream art show. See the schedule for Gallery viewing times. Don’t miss the Art Reception reception, with musical accompaniment, scheduled for Monday afternoon.
SPECIAL NEEDS: IASD is making a reasonable effort to accommodate participants
with disabilities. If you have special needs please let us know when you register online or by mail, and identify yourself at the registration when you check in, or at the information desk later in the conference. Also speak to room monitors when you enter a session since special seating can be provided in the front row of the paper and panel sessions for those requiring it. Electric shuttle carts will be available for transportation between buildings—space is limited to those in need so please sign up for these at the information desk. Handicapped parking is available throughout the campus. All restrooms in Schulz and the Commons are accessible; and 1st and 3d floor Stevenson are accessible—Cooperage restrooms are not accessible. See this web site for campus disability access to buildings and accessible restrooms: http://www.sonoma.edu/maps/adamap1.pdf .
2007 IASD Conference
Program of Events
Note that the presenters in Panels and Symposiums are not necessarily listed in the order of their presentations. Sessions typically have speakers listed in alphabetical order.
Friday – June 29th
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
7:30 - 9 AM Pre-Conference Registration Cooperage Lobby
7:30 - Midnight Main Conference Registration Cooperage Lobby
9 AM – 12:30 PM Friday Morning Sessions (attendance limited to 25 per session, pre-registration for specific sessions is required)
Session 1: Using Dreams in Clinical Supervision: A Royal Road to Psychotherapy Training
Alan Siegel, PhD - APA CE Stevenson 3042
Designed to enhance supervision skills and fulfill new requirements that all clinical supervisors obtain CE credits in supervision at each license renewal, this workshop emphasizes clinical and ethical guidelines for using dreams at all stages of the supervision and psychotherapy process. Synthesizing Psychodynamic, Jungian, Cognitive, and Humanistic perspectives, we will use theory, case vignettes, and role-playing to explore issues ranging from introducing and documenting dreams in supervision and psychotherapy, using transference and counter-transference dreams, dreams and the stages of therapy (initial dreams, breakthrough dreams, termination dreams), common errors and ethical concerns, and cross-cultural and developmental issues. If available, please bring vignettes from supervision experiences involving dreams. A syllabus, bibliography, and case vignettes will be distributed. This session is part 1 of the 7 hour pre-conference cluster on clinical supervision which is designed to meet licensing and professional requirements for continuing education on supervision.
Session 2: Conducting Research on Dreams: Techniques and Illustrations
The Problem of Confounds in Dream Research - APA CE Cooperage 3
Mark Blagrove, PhD
Many findings in dream research are problematic due to confounds, which may create apparent causal relationships between dreaming and waking life variables. This session describes some of these confounds in conducting dream research, and discusses possible solutions to untangling these confounds in the research study.
Investigating Anomalous Dream Reports
Stanley Krippner, PhD
Anomalous dream reports can be studied by using several research methods (such as case studies, phenomenological, correlational, experimental) and instruments (such as the Hall-Van de Castle System and the Strauch Scale). Anecdotal material, including dream reports, may be interesting and even valuable to the dreamer but can not be considered evidential without disciplined inquiry and scrutiny that allows for other explanations, however, they may be unappreciated resources for psychotherapists, cross-cultural researchers, and investigators of what Aldous Huxley referred to as "the antipodes of the mind."
From Idea to Scientific Study: Conducting Research on Dreams
Ernest Hartmann, M.D.
This session explores the processes involved in research on dreams, from the early stages of conceptualization and getting the idea, to the processes involved in determining how to conduct the study: from operationalization to design to analysis to drawing conclusions. We discuss the differences between illustrating and demonstrating, how the research study builds on these distinctions, and why the clinical or dreamworking situation may be a good place to get ideas, but not a good place to test them.
Session 3: Bridging Realities Through Lucid Dreaming - IASD CE Cooperage 1
Beverly D’Urso, PhD; Ed Kellogg, PhD; Robert Waggoner
Would you like to consciously step into a world where magic works and the possibilities for personal transformation and exploration have no limits? In this workshop, three adept and very experienced lucid dreamers teach practical methods of how to bring consciousness into your dreams and take the next steps. They will also share practical "how to" lucid dreaming techniques for exploring dream realities, dream psi, lucid living, and much more. Although this workshop covers the basics for beginners, it will include a great deal of cutting-edge material for advanced lucid dreamers, not available elsewhere.
2:00 – 5:30 PM Friday Afternoon Sessions
Session 4: Dream Interviewing: Minimizing Interpreter Bias
in Dream Interpretation – APA CE Schulz 3001
Gayle Delaney, PhD
In this workshop we practice understanding dreams by asking the dreamer a series of specific questions that elicit the dreamer's personal, concrete descriptions of his or her images. We employ these rich descriptions, using only the dreamer's words, to discover the dream's metaphoric meaning. We will practice the extremely difficult discipline of resisting offering the dreamer any received interpretations, be that from myth, psychological theories, or the interpreter's intuition. While in general the dream interview is most often conducted alone, in our workshop we shall work in dyads and triads to facilitate learning the method. Please bring one or two short dreams with 4 copies of each to the workshop.
Session 5: Comprehending Dreams: Stevenson 3042
Clinical Supervision for Therapists
APA CE
Neil Russack, MD
In this workshop we discuss and attempt to grasp the essential meaning of a dream, using dreams provided by the presenter and by session participants. The session is oriented toward therapists seeking to understand the dream, and to have ways of communicating dream meaning to the client. As the presenter’s special interest is the role of animals in dreams, we may use the animal image in the dream as a jumping off point for imagination and discussion. We will study how the psyche creates a story to try to heal us of our wounds, and how we can train ourselves to listen to that narrative. Participants are encouraged to bring in their clients' dreams. This workshop provides discussion and supervision for therapists on working with clients’ dreams, and is part 2 of the 7 hour pre-conference cluster on clinical supervision which is designed to met licensing and professional requirements for continuing education on supervision.
Session 6: Finding Dream Meaning Via Content Analysis - APA CE Stevenson 2049
G. William Domhoff, PhD; Adam Schneider, Robert Van de Castle, PhD
Content analysis is a tried and true method in the humanities and social sciences that can be applied to dreams to extract meaning by (1) creating well-defined categories; (2) counting frequencies; (3) making corrections for dream length; and (4) making comparisons with norms or control groups. The method has been used to demonstrate regularities in dreams by age, culture, gender, and personality, and thereby provides a foundation from which more complex meanings might be discovered. This workshop introduces participants to the most widely used system of content analysis for dreams, the Hall/Van de Castle system, and to the more recent, faster and easier system of content analysis that is available through the search engine on www.dreambank.net , an archive of 22,000 dreams ideal for new studies. There is a special emphasis on the use of content analysis in studying dream journals, as studies of dream journals have led to important new findings and have the potential for many advances in our understanding of dreams. This session will provide attendees with direct on-line training in using www.dreambank.net .
Session 7: The Practice of Lucid Dreaming: Three Approaches - IASD CE Cooperage 1
Lucid Mind: The Portal to Spirit and Creation
Fariba Bogzaran, PhD
This presentation focuses on extraordinary experiences within lucid dreams, such as spiritual visitation and creativity, and how these experiences can be a path to unfold the inner worlds. We discuss how lucid dream practice can prepare us for dying and can help us face inner conflicts. The practice of dream re-entry, with a gentle sound of rhythmic drumming, and automatic writing are introduced.
Lucid Dreaming: Parallels with Trance States and Deep Journey Hypnotherapy
Kenneth Kelzer, LCSW
This presentation explains how therapy clients who are awake in a hypnotic trance state interact with imagery, feelings and bodily sensations in ways similar to the experiences of lucid dreamers in a lucid dream state. The interplay of emotional intensity, spontaneous eruptions from the unconscious mind, and directed guidance from the conscious mind of the client and the therapist are explained and discussed.
Early Morning Meditation and Dream Reliving as a Catalyst for Lucid High Dreams
Scott Sparrow, EdD
Early morning meditation paired with a simple pre-sleep exercise can be an effective way to induce lucidity in one's subsequent dreams. The resultant lucid dreams are often associated with radiance, spiritual encounters, and ecstatic feelings. This simple regimen can result in life changing dreams for people in search of emotional healing and a renewed spiritual life. Several examples attesting to its benefits are discussed.
MAIN CONFERENCE
7:30 am to midnight Registration Cooperage Lobby
Participants must obtain badges and registration packets and may sign up for Morning Dream Groups at the Registration desk.
12:45–1:45 PM Lunch Zinfandel Dining Commons
NOTE: Must be in line at Zinfandel Dining Commons between 12:45 and 1:15 PM. A paid in advance five-day Lodging/Meal Pass is required. For those without a five-day pass, see the campus map and registration packet for other nearby places to eat on and off campus.
2:00-5:30 PM IASD Board Meeting Sue Jameson Room, Stevenson 1056
6:30–7:30 PM Dinner Zinfandel Dining Commons
Must be in line at Zinfandel Dining Commons at 6:30 PM. A paid in advance five- day Housing/Meal Ticket is required. For those without a five-day day ticket, see the campus map and registration packet for other nearby places to eat on and off campus.
7:30-9:00 PM General Event – Keynote Cooperage
7:30-8:00 PM Opening Announcements Laurel McCabe and Bob Hoss
8:00-9:00 PM Keynote Address APA CE
Visitation of the God: Ancient and Modern Practices of Dream Incubation
Virginia Beane Rutter
Early cultures such as that of ancient Greece and prehistoric Malta practiced dream incubation for the purpose of healing both physical and mental disease. This presentation examines the beliefs and rituals of the medicine clustered around the Greek god Asklepios, and explores how these methods of dream healing are present in therapeutic dream work today. The interplay between ancient and modern imagery illuminates the psyche's transcendent capacity to bring forth the necessary symbols from our historical depths to create healing. The presentation is amplified with slides showing the ancient sites of Epidauros, Pergamon, and Kos, with their attendant gods, attributes, and procedures.
9:00-Midnight Opening Reception Commons
We look forward to personally welcoming “first timers.” Join a group, at specially marked tables, to talk about your special dream interest.
Saturday – June 30th
7:30-9:00 AM Breakfast Zinfandel Dining Commons
Must be in line at Zinfandel Dining Commons between 7:30 and 8:00 AM. A paid in advance five-day Lodging/Meal Pass is required. For those without a five-day day pass, see the campus map and registration packet for other nearby places to eat on and off campus.
8:00-9:00 AM Morning Dream Groups
Participants must sign up for dream groups at the Registration desk.
Healing Collage Stevenson 3030
Sheila Asato
Come explore the visual and spatial genius of the dream as it reveals itself through the practice of Healing CollageSM. Each morning, as we allow images to move freely about the paper, we will see how the dream moves through us to create its own unique compositions. In this morning dream group, we will focus on working with the dream visually and seeing how the Healing CollageSM process can complement other dreamwork methods.
Everyday Dreams Sirah 7202
Art Funkhouser
The dream group is to meet every morning during the conference and the dreams the participants provide will be worked on in the group using the approach pioneered by Dr. Montague Ullman and Jeremy Taylor, together with occasional Jungian insights.
Developing the Intuition in Group Dreamwork Sirah 7203
Curt Hoffman
We will explore the ways in which intuitive perception can help in group dreamwork, following the Ullman-Taylor technique along with Jungian amplification methods.
Dream Work/Body Work Stevenson 3042
Jean Campbell
DreamWork/BodyWork, which Jean Campbell has practiced and facilitated for over ten years, is a body-oriented approach to dreams. Participants in the DreamWork/BodyWork morning dream group should dress in loose, comfortable clothing.
Dream Postures Sirah 7104
Nicholas Brink
From her examination of ancient and primitive art, anthropologist Felicitas Goodman identified a number of shamanistic dreaming postures that produce different dream/trance experiences: Spirit Journeys, Divination, Healing, Shape Shifting, Celebration, Death, and Life Everlasting. This morning dream group will attempt to replicate some of these experiences.
Dream Group for Newcomers Sirah 7205
Jayne White-Lewis, Jody Grundy
This Jungian style morning dream group is for newcomers to IASD conferences.
Dream Constellation Work Sirah 7206
Hermine Mensink
In this morning dream group we make use of a combination of Voice Dialogue and Family Constellation Work. Group members take part in making the dream of one person come to life by taking on the role of the various elements in the dream, thus giving life and voice to elements that may have been neglected.
Morning “theme” group Sirah 7102
Robert Gongloff
Join with other group members as you collectively jump start your dream “aha’s” by determining and exploring the themes of your dreams which takes you to the “heart” of your dream and provides a framework for deeper dream study.
Morning Yoga Sirah 7105
Jim Emery
The yoga sessions will offer several breathing techniques, gentle stretches and guided visualizations. You will be guided through yoga postures called the ‘Seven Energy Asanas’ and a special yoga practice called the ‘Five Tibetan Rites.’ No past experience in yoga is necessary.
7:30 am to Midnight Registration Cooperage Lobby
9:00-9:15 AM 15 min Coffee Break Cooperage Lobby
9:15 -10:45 AM Morning Sessions
Workshop Writing the Dream Stevenson 3030
Patrick McMahon
In this workshop, the recorded dream serves as raw material for further creative work. Employing active imagination, the participant revisits and revises a dream selected from his or her journal, blending in the material generated by the act of writing itself, for a product as artful as the original dream.
Workshop Decoding Dreams for Beginners Stevenson 2006
Layne Dalfen
If we know how to tap into the resource of our dreams, anyone can gain insight and clarity about relationships, work, family and life. This beginners’ workshop gives participants tools needed to decode and understand why we have certain dreams on a particular night, and how that knowledge can potentially enrich our lives.
Panel Personal Myth and Media Dreams Stevenson 1002 Auditorium
APA CE
This panel will explore the relationship between personal mythology and the impact on us of the burgeoning media environment—including movies, television, the Internet. We will look at these imagistic phenomena and their implications for understanding ourselves and our world from the point of view of symbolic process, sleep, dreams and creativity research.
Sanford Rosenberg (Chair)
Personal Myth, Public Dreams
We live in the Digital Age and all of this material, this tidal wave of imagery, has had an impact on our sense of self and our inner world, our personal mythology. Research that explores sleep, dreams, post-traumatic stress, trauma, etc. must include a dimension that looks at media and its impact on our view of ourselves. A method will be presented for exploring this relationship from a cultural, archetypal standpoint by suggesting some provocative contemporary models will be followed by an inner-searching approach to see how participants have internalized images from media that have personal meaning.
Stanley Krippner
Tracking Down Personal Mythology In Dreams
A student from Saybrook Graduate School conducted a research project in which volunteer participants identified a favorite movie. When asked to write about the character in the film with whom they identified most closely, each participant's personal mythology emerged. This affinity might help to explain the popularity of horror films and science fiction television shows. Possible connections and implications will be discussed.
Steven Pritzker
The Influence Of Dreams On Films
Writer-directors including Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries) and David Lynch (Mulholland Drive) used their dreams to inspire films. We’ll look at scenes from films and examine the influence of dreams on the creative content of films.
Workshop Discover the Hidden Meaning in Your Dreams: Cooperage 1
The Storytelling Method
Theresa L. DeCicco and David B. King - APA CE
This workshop will teach The Storytelling Method of Dream Interpretation (DeCicco, 2006). Attendees will be given the ‘Storytelling Worksheet’ and then taught the method in step-by-step detail. Participants will use the worksheet to interpret one of their own dreams. Workshop leaders will assist participants with the insights that emerge.
Clinical Symposium Images and Archetypes - APA CE Cooperage 2
Linda Cunningham (Chair)
The Initial Dream and the Summoning of Archetypal Energies
The initial dream in psychotherapy foretells the course of the therapy. We will explore an initial dream that both contains and permeates a ten-year therapy. We will then amplify the archetypal energies summoned by this dream—the maternal, compassionate, embodied attunement of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, better known as Kwan Yin.
Maryann Barone-Chapman
Dream Lover: The Search for the Other - A Clinical Case Study
This case study uses dream transcripts and drawings from psychotherapeutic work.
The presentation traces the longing for separation and union; the obstacles and messages along the journey and how conscious longing for a male other is a mask for the search for connection with the Animus.
Simone Litsch
Case Report: The Interpretation of a Recurrent Dream Symbol as a Way of Exploring Interpersonal Relationships
This is a case report in which the interpretation of a recurrent dream symbol helped the dreamer to achieve a higher level of awareness about the nature of an interpersonal relationship.
Symposium Research - APA CE Cooperage 3
David Kahn (Chair) and Alan Hobson
Individual and Generic Aspects of Dreams
Dream reports were collected from subjects to determine the degree to which dream reports can be used to identify individual dreamers. The judges scored the reports correctly at chance levels. This finding indicated that dreams may be at least as much like each other as they are the signature of individual dreamers.
Roger Knudson et al.
Improvisations on the Stage of the Dream
In this paper we argue that the significant dream is one stage for playful improvisations in which the narrative self of the dreamer may be re-positioned, re-narrated, transformed.
Richard Schweickert and Johanna Xi
Probability Distributions of Characters in Dreams
Some characters occur more frequently than others in dreams. Evidence is presented that the probability distribution is a power law (sometimes called Zipf's Law). Further, given that a certain character appears, say the dreamer's father, the probability distribution of the other characters still follows a power law.
10:45 – 11:00 AM 15 min Transition
11:00 - 12:30 AM General Event & Keynote Event Cooperage 1, 2 ,3
Dreams, Boundaries and Poems: A life of research on dreams - APA CE
Ernest Hartmann
A discussion with Ernest Hartmann,MD, one of the true pioneers of dream research. Ernest will address how the various strands of his research has lead to an overall theory, and will suggest new possibilities for research by others.
12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch Zinfandel Dining Commons
Must be in line at Zinfandel Dining Commons between 12:45 and 1:15 PM. A paid in advance five-day Lodging/Meal Pass is required. For those without a five-day pass, see the campus map and registration packet for other nearby places to eat on and off campus.
Regional Tables:
Meet with other dreamers and dreamworkers from your area. Regional tables will be marked and will include (but not be limited to) organizers from the following regions: Boston, New England, New York area, Connecticut, Washington DC, metro, MD, VA, Southern VA, Carolinas, Southeast, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Midwest, Central Midwest, California, Canada, France, Italy, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Scandinavian/Northern Europe, and Asia.
2:00 – 4:00 PM Early Afternoon Sessions
Workshop The Dream as Mentor and Muse: Stevenson 3030
Creative Dream Journal Work
Victoria Rabinowe
Through carefully crafted workshop development, dreams are deconstructed and realigned with expressive techniques that are insightful, experimental and non-invasive. The resulting journal work in ‘The Art of the Dream’ offers healing guidance into the realm of enchantment, the landscape of myth and the genius of the night mind.
Workshop Using Jungian Active Imagination in Dreamwork Stevenson 2006
IASD CE
Gary Goodwin
Jung frequently suggested that Active Imagination could be used to ‘dream the dream forward’, showing a dreamer how to bring closure to a dream that seemed to lack an ending. The workshop will include Active Imagination practice sessions, so please bring an image or theme from one of your dreams.
Symposium Cosmic Dream Connections: Stevenson 1002 Auditorium
Panpsychism and Related Matters - IASD CE
Once considered paranormal events, psi dreams are a normal component of dreaming and great resources for understanding our world and our connection with Spirit. These dreams positively influence our personal lives, bringing us helpful and sometimes life-saving information, but also energize a panpsychic effect upon our societal and cosmic connections, influencing the course of global life at the collective level.
Rita Dwyer (Chair)
What’s New?
Thoughts and experiences are changing current paradigms relating to dreams and consciousness. Brief introductory remarks on the subjects of Cosmic Dreaming and Panpsychism. What is it? Does it impact on individuals or is it more than just about US?
Judy Gardiner
Circling The Cosmos On A Dream
This cosmic dream story follows a dreamer’s circular journey through the continuum of existence, from discovery of self to Planet Earth and Beyond. A geologic dream series, for example, can reveal threatening changes in the external environment just as a personal dream does in the internal environment.
Bob Hoss
The Transformative Power of Cosmic Dreams
The works of C.G. Jung give us a view into the nature of how dreams reflect personal transformation at all levels of the psyche. Are our "great" dreams simply an internal self-healing process or do they reflect a transformation originating from a more collective spiritual consciousness?
Ed Kellogg
Trans-Personal Dreaming Beyond Time and Space
Mystics through the ages have taught that although humans have separate personalities, that at a deeper level we share the same greater Self. The validation of psi-dreaming supports this idea, and has demonstrated that through dreams we can connect with people, places, and times unrelated to our waking lives.
Stanley Krippner (Discussant)
Response to the presentations from his wide knowledge of the subject, personally, cross-culturally and as a citizen of the wider world of dreams in which he is an ambassador par excellence.
Invited Workshop Is the CI (Central Image) the Fast Lane Cooperage 1
on the Royal Road to the Unconscious? - APA CE
Ernest Hartmann
The Central Image (CI) is the most powerful image in a dream, which sometimes appears to picture the dominant emotion or emotional concern of the dreamer. In this workshop, the CI will be carefully defined. Participants will have a chance to examine some of their own dreams to determine whether they contain CIs.
Workshop Ethical Issues, Controversies, and Practice Cooperage 2
Guidelines for Working with Dreams - APA CE
Alan Siegel
Ethical guidelines for clinical use of dreams will be reviewed and interpreted in the light of the ethics codes of the IASD and the American Psychological Association. Topics will include avoiding intrusive and directive interpretations, sensitivity to cross-cultural issues and beliefs systems about dreams, guidelines for exploring trauma and recovered memories in children and adults, ethics in research, case presentations, and publications about dreams. Includes case presentations, vignettes for discussion and brainstorming, and handouts
Symposium Research - APA CE Cooperage 3
Tracey L. Kahan (Chair), Megan Thompson, Emily Luther, Danica Zold, Patrick Rugo, Jenny Imberi, and Anne Thompson
Dimensions of Metacognition in Dreaming and Waking: Associations with Waking Mindfulness Skills
42 participants self-rated the incidence of metacognitive events in experience samples obtained from dreaming and waking. We discuss the observed continuities and discontinuities in metacognition across dreaming and waking metacognition as well as the associations between participants’ metacognition ratings and their scores on the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS)
Tracy L. Kahan (Chair) and Kieran Sullivan
Assessing Metacognitive Skills in Waking and Sleep: A Psychometric Analysis of the Metacognitive, Affective, Cognitive Experience (MACE) Questionnaire
The presenters describe a psychometric analysis of 324 applications of the ‘Metacognitive, Affective, Cognitive Experience Questionnaire’ (MACE), a research tool used to assess metacognition in dreaming and waking experiences. Internal consistency, factor structure, and scale intercorrelations are discussed, as are general challenges associated with empirical studies of dreaming and waking cognition.
G. William Domhoff,
A Widower’s Dreams of his Deceased Wife
Using quantitative content analysis, this paper shows that the 143 dreams about his deceased wife that a widower wrote down over a 22-year period as a form of solace and remembrance embody his main conceptions and concerns in regard to her, thereby supporting a cognitive theory of dreams
Miloslava Kozmová and Richard N. Wolman
Cognitive Architecture in Dreams of Male And Female Dreamers
The present study addresses the question of whether, in the dream reports of males and females, there could be differences in the frequency of usage of eight types of rational thought postulated by Wolman & Kozmová (2006).
4:00-4:15 PM 15 min Refreshment Break Cooperage Lobby
4:15 - 6:15 PM Mid Afternoon Sessions
Workshop Revealing the Spirit of the Dream Through Collage Stevenson 3030
Emily Anderson
Through creating collages based on a dream, a series of dreams or one image from a dream participant will evoke the state of creation, where dreams dwell. Through imagery and reflection they will explore this expanded state to gain further insight into their dreams. Supplies will be provided.
Workshop Secrets of Interactive Dream Group Dynamics Stevenson 2006
Athena Lou and Roger Martinez
Interactive Group Work utilizes each member of the group in an effort to better understand and work with dreams. It incorporates a multitude of theoretical backgrounds and contemporary thought bringing the dreamer into a new level of communicating with the unconscious and bringing waking life to new heights.
Panel Dreams and Soul-Making: Four Perspectives Stevenson 1002 Auditorium
on the Religious Function of the Psyche
IASD CE
The religious function of the psyche and the idea of soul-making are both descriptive of our archetypal need, as human beings, to be in deep, embodied relationship to the sacred. Jung’s term ‘individuation’ refers to the unfolding of that relationship. The panelists discuss their dreaming process.
Dawn Matheny (Chair) “Gravity, Friction, Alignment and Flow”
In a world governed by the law of gravity, a certain amount of friction is required for movement. Yet when energies are aligned, a flow results where inner and outer events are drawn together in the dance of synchronicity. Dawn will share her experiences when the challenge is simply to say “yes.”
Meg Pierce “Who’s the Boss?”
Holding the tension between the temporal and the timeless, i.e. ego and the part of the psyche that “knows God,” is often agonizing. Meg will focus on dreams as the safest territory in which to work out avenues of resolution and “attitude adjustments” over the course of a lifetime.
Winnie Piccolo “So the Darkness Shall Be the Light.”
In the presence of early trauma, the individuation process presents special challenges. Winnie will discuss her experiences of a dream life that alternates between support and seeming sabotage of a connection to spirit and true imagination.
Robert Tompkins “The Agony and the Ecstasy”
Thirty years ago, nearing age 40, Robert had two big dreams, representing the positive, transcendent and the abysmal, dark sides of the numinous. He will discuss his life since as an intimation of how our need for transcendence and the profound experience of our embodied life may be reconciled.
Workshop Ethical Practices in Dealing with Trauma Dreams: Cooperage 1
Presenting Dreams - APA CE
Johanna King and Carol Warner
Vivid dreams, especially nightmares, are a common experience for victims of sexual abuse and other trauma. Though these dreams frequently come up in therapy, clinicians may not know how to react. This workshop helps clinicians learn to recognize and deal with trauma dreams, with emphasis on the ethical issues involved.
Panel Dream Education: The Transformative Power Cooperage 2
of Dream Studies II - APA CE
Fariba Bogzaran (Chair), Daniel Deslauriers, Marilyn Fowler, Stanley Krippner
Building on previous research findings (Bogzaran and Fowler, 2006), which strongly suggest that studying dreams has an impact on the lives of not only the students, but also their friends, family and community, this panel will continue the dialogue by presenting new research from focus groups and teacher surveys. Stanley Krippner from Saybrook Graduate School will present how dream studies has developed in his institution and his work with MA and Ph.D. students focusing their research on dreams. Daniel Deslauriers from California Institute of Integral Studies, will share his experience supervising qualitative dissertation topics on dreams using, in particular, phenomenology and narrative methodology.
Symposium Research - APA CE Cooperage 3
Roger M. Knudson (Chair), Gillian Finocan
Performative Writing and Dreams: A Case for a Poetic Understanding
Both performative writing pieces and dreams speak the language of metaphor, image, and poetics. This paper provides an argument and rationale for the use of performative writing when individuals are trying to work with, understand and present experiences with dreams.
Umberto Barcaro and Pietro Rizzi
Links Among Dream Sources in Dreams Reported During Therapy
A study of the links among the memory sources of dreams can be performed through an automatic analysis of text files including dream reports and associations. The application of this method to dreams reported during therapy provides data that can be interesting from the cognitive as well as from the therapeutic point of view.
Manlio Caporali
Evolution of the Behavior and Oneiric Activity of a Schizophrenic Patient
The focus of our study is the development of a schizophrenic patient when introduced to group therapy. There was a behavioral change in the patient in the course of the therapy, which correlated with the change in oneiric activity of the individual members of the group, thus documenting the process of both individual and group evolution.
Marco Zanasi
Dream Coding and Psychopathology
Is there any correlation between linguistic realization of dream reports and the psychopathology of the dreamer? Dream reports of a group of psychiatric patients are being studied with computer-aided text analysis in order to define a set of linguistic features that can be significantly correlated to the type of psychopathology on a statistical basis.
6:15-7:45 PM Dinner Zinfandel Dining Commons
Must be in line at Zinfandel Dining Commons between 6:30 and 7:00 PM. A paid in advance five-day Lodging/Meal Pass is required. For those without a five-day day pass, see the campus map and registration packet for other nearby places to eat on and off campus.
7:45- 9:30 PM Evening Sessions
Workshop Making a Book for a Dream Stevenson 3030
Betsy Davids
This workshop will introduce making books as a way of honoring and expressing a memorable dream. Each participant will make a book structure and fill it with words, images, and objects that evoke the dream. Tools and materials will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring relevant materials.
Workshop Using Dreamwork Principles to Stevenson 2006
Transform Your Waking Life - IASD CE
Zoé Newman
In this experiential workshop we’ll explore how to bring traditional dreamwork approaches to the waking dream of our life to transform our everyday encounters and relationships into an opportunity for insight and healing change, and to open to new creative possibilities. Drawing on Jungian, Gestalt and lucid dreaming perspectives, the workshop will include presentation and guided exercises.
Panel Interweaving the Strands of the Dream Circle: Stevenson 1002 Auditorium
The Personal, Spiritual and Professional Journey
of a 22-Year Dream Circle - IASD CE
Marcia Lewin-Berlin (Chair), Linda Schiller, Elizabeth Kennedy, Suzie Abu-Jaber
This panel discussion presented by members of a long-term dream circle integrates personal experience and commitment to dreamwork with the development of professional skills and personal development. This journey of discovery has facilitated spiritual growth, professional direction, and the experience of interpersonal support and challenge through dreamwork that deepens learning and growth.
Workshop Ethical Practices in Dealing with Trauma Dreams: Cooperage 1
Healing Dreams - APA CE
Carol Warner (Chair), Johanna King
Dreams of trauma victims, including sexual abuse victims, may change over the course of treatment, as the victim comes to terms with their experience. This workshop helps the clinician recognize and respond to these changes. Emphasis will be on the ethical issues involved in dealing with these dreams.
Panel Phenomenology of Light in Dreams - IASD CE Cooperage 2
This panel will explore varieties of light experiences in lucid and non-lucid dreams, as well as hypnagogic and hypnopompic experiences, in order to discern the relationship between light and the imagery of angels/radiant beings, non-representational visual imagery, and spiritual openings. Case studies, personal experiences, observations, and experiments will substantiate the overall impact of light experiences on the recipients.
Fariba Bogzaran (Chair)
A discussion on the relationship between the experience of Light and experience of Void, including hypnagogic, lucid dream, and hypnopompia and the impact of such experiences in the spiritual growth of the dreamer.
George Gillespie will present a particular form of light he calls “stable intense lights.” He will explore the experience
