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| November 2013 VOLUME 11 / ISSUE 10 |
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IN THIS ISSUE PsiberDreaming Conference Brings New Members 2014 Annual Conference Berkeley, California Announces Call for Presentations and Volunteers The Ernest Hartmann Award for Student Research IASD ALSO IN THIS ISSUE 2013 Pledge Drive Begins in November Member Events Around the World
Contact: 2013 PLEDGE DRIVE BEGINS IN NOVEMBER
This year, as IASD celebrates its thirty year mark, we hope you will
generously contribute to the annual Pledge Drive, which begins in
November and ends in January of 2014 to allow tax-deductible
contributions.
COUPLES RETREAT ON ARCHETYPAL DREAMWORK IN VERMONT Please join North of Eden for a couples retreat from December 5-8, 2013 at the North of Eden Retreat Center in beautiful northern Vermont. Our relationships with ourselves and with the Divine are reflected in our most intimate relationships with our partners and spouses. The North of Eden Couples Retreat is an opportunity to deepen our relationships through the guidance of our dreams. LA INTEGRACIÓN DE LOS SUEÑOS (THE INTEGRATION OF DREAMS) ONLINE WORKSHOP La Integración De Los Sueños (The Integration Of Dreams) is a five week online workshop for the Spanish speaking community of dreamers from November 18 – December 19, 2013, personally guided by Jordi Borràs García, a psychologist and member of the teaching staff of the Institut de Psicologia Transpersonal in Barcelona.
• This course provides a practical and easy way to learn how to improve
your dream recall and to make your dreams an essential part of your
daily life, so you can advance your internal growth, clarity and
wellness. For more information about Jordi and to learn more and to enroll in this workshop click here.
LYNNE AND BOB HOSS PUBLISH BOOK
The Energy Psychology Press has just published Dream to Freedom: A
Handbook for Integrating Dreamwork and Energy Psychology by Robert
and Lynne Hoss. Robert is one of our Past Presidents and is a former
scientist with training in Gestalt therapy. He is also author of the
book Dream Language. His wife Lynne is a Certified Energy
Health Practitioner, a trained clinical psychologist, and a former abuse
counselor. About six years ago they combined their skills to merge
dreamwork with energy psychology and created a structured protocol which
can be used for clinical or personal work. INTEGRATING DREAMWORK WITH EFT ON THE AIR This month members Bob and Lynne Hoss demonstrated the technique they developed for combining dreamwork and EFT ("tapping") on Clinical Psychologist Dr. Carol Francis on BlogTalk Radio. The technique is called Dream To Freedom and is available in their new book by that name. If you are interested in hearing the demonstration, or combining these healing disciplines, click here for the show. RACHEL G. NORMENT PUBLISHES NEW BOOK
Rachel G. Norment has published a new book,
Dream Explorations: A Journey in Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization.
Using series of her own dreams and some from other family members,
covering a wide range of dream symbols and themes, Rachel illustrates
how personal dreamwork can be a source of inspiration, transformation,
and guidance towards spiritual growth and physical and psychological
health and wholeness. MULTIMEDIA ART EXHIBIT “365 NIGHTS–THE DREAM TUBE” IN BERKELEY
Have you ever been accused of sleeping on the job? That is exactly what artist, Karen Weil did for one solid year, capturing in words and imagery 365 of her dreams. Karen writes, “I invite you to wander through a subconscious mind by stepping into a cylindrical 10-foot diameter by 25-foot linear multi-media art installation, displaying the chronologically placed pictorial stories. Rather than have the installation “sitting pretty” but unused, I am also inviting you (free of charge) to take advantage of the unusual dream-like environment and host a session there showcasing your expertise, be it meditation, yoga, energy healing, dream work, psychic readings, group therapy, or whatever. Whether you lead a spiritual, peaceful session, or a vibrant, playful one with music, or anything in between, it is all up to you.”
Opening Reception:
Public Gallery Hours: Available Hours for Hosting a Session: Tuesday – Friday, 12 – 1pm Location: Kala Artist Project Space 2990 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA 94702 For further information and sign up, please visit: www.thedreamtube.com or call 510-205-2118
In this issue, Hot Off the Press explores the subject of dreams and the brain. The intention of this column is to publish links to evidence-based scientific articles that are written for a non-research audience in the study of dreams. MATERNAL REPRESENTATIONS IN THE DREAMS OF PREGNANT WOMEN: A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY: JESSICA LARA-CARRASCO, VALÉRIE SIMARD, KADIA SAINT-ONGE, VICKIE LAMOUREUX-TREMBLAY AND TORE NIELSEN
Dreams are thought to respond to self- and
socially-relevant situations that evoke strong emotions and require
rapid adaptation. First pregnancy is such a situation during which
maternal mental representations (MMR) of the unborn baby, the self and
significant others undergo remodeling. Some studies suggest that dreams
during pregnancy contain more MMR and are more dysphoric, but such
studies contain important methodological flaws. We assessed whether
dreamed MMR, like waking MMR, change from the 7th month of pregnancy to
birth, and whether pregnancy–related themes and non-pregnancy
characteristics are also transformed NIGHTMARES: AN UNDER-DIAGNOSED AND UNDERTREATED CONDITION? MICHAEL SCHREDL, PHD
Even though sleep histories of nightmare sufferers
indicate that nightmares often begin in childhood and are stable over
time, longitudinal studies – especially in adults – are scarce. Schredl
et al. demonstrated that children reporting nightmares over a two-year
period (three measurement points) showed more pronounced daytime
symptomatology, such as emotional problems and hyperactivity, than
children reporting nightmares once or twice. From a clinical viewpoint,
it would be very interesting to elicit whether frequent nightmare
sufferers have consulted health care professionals because of their
complaints and have received therapy. DREAM RESEARCH IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND A DIMENSIONAL APPROACH: MICHAEL SCHREDL, PHD
Dreaming in patients with schizophrenia was and is
of particular interest to researchers and clinicians due to the
phenomenological similarities between the dreaming state and
schizophrenic daytime symptomatology such as bizarre thoughts or
hallucinations. Extensive literature reviews have shown that dream
studies in the field of psychopathology often do not fulfill common
scientific criteria. The present paper focuses on the methodological
issues like sampling methods, the dream collection method, and dream
content analysis that are crucial with regard to the validity of the
findings. It is also suggested that the so-called dimensional approach
(linking severity of daytime symptoms directly to specific dream
characteristics) will be very helpful for identifying which
psychopathological symptoms of schizophrenia are most closely linked to
dream content.
TOTAL OCTOBER MEMBERS =45 |
PSIBERDREAMING BRINGS NEW MEMBERS IASD would like to welcome the 42 new members who joined us between August 15 and October 6 this year, in order to participate for free in the 2013 PsiberDreaming Conference: "Through the Looking Glass of Dreams," and say thank you to those who made it happen. The number of new members this year is almost three times as high as in prior years, because of the growing enthusiasm for our organization on both the FaceBook members page and the IASD Fan Page. Thus, when Ryan Hurd, Chair of the Social Networking Committee, suggested a few FaceBook ads, promoted in turn by members, the visibility of our popular annual online conference skyrocketed. Our thanks to all who attended, old and new – and especially to our wonderful volunteers, both presenters and those behind the scenes, for another great year of PsiberDreaming.
Call for Presentations
The 2014 IASD Annual International Conference will be held from
The Venue • The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Berkeley Marina is located on San
Francisco Bay with sweeping views of San Francisco and the Golden Gate
Bridge. The hotel, with a pool and fitness center, is surrounded by a
waterfront wildlife sanctuary with nature trails that offer spectacular
views, hiking, bird-watching, and fishing. Berkeley is a uniquely historical
university town and home of the IASD Central Office. Spend time vacationing
in the Bay Area and explore San Francisco and the nearby wine country,
coastal beaches, redwood forests and Yosemite National Park. Submissions: High quality proposals are invited addressing any of the following topics: Research and Theory; Arts and Humanities; Education; Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy; Clinical Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Extraordinary, PSI and Lucid Dreams; Dreams and Health; Mental Imagery; and Culture and Anthropology. Submission Categories include: Paper Presentations; Symposia; Panels; Workshops; Special Events; Morning Dream Groups; and Research, Hot-off-the-Press and Poster Papers. IASD encourages presenters of all backgrounds to apply. All submissions must be made online.
Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2013 IASD encourages all potential presenters to address issues of diversity and disability in their submissions and presentations. IASD does not discriminate in approving presenters with respect to race, culture, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, spirituality, income, various forms of disability. Conference sites are chosen, in part, based on their stated compliance with ADA standards and ability to provide accessibility. For further conference details and information about the Call for Presentations, please visit the conference website: https://asdreams.org/2014 CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
The conference will be held on Wednesday evening June 4 through Sunday evening June 8, 2014 at the beautiful Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Berkeley Marina on the bay in Berkeley, California, USA. Most on-site volunteers are needed early the first day for training and for various shifts each day in the hours from 8AM-9PM (08:00 – 21:00). See the Schedule-at-a-Glance for a preview of the planned schedule structure. Apply early since acceptance is determined by application date and available positions. If positions fill, a waiting list will be maintained and those on that list will be offered a position if an accepted volunteer does not register or cancels. Once your application has been received, if there is a position available you will be sent a letter of acceptance, and asked to register for the conference by a certain deadline and pay the non-refundable volunteer fee in order to be confirmed. The volunteer fee is $150 with $100 returned after you complete your duties. If you have any questions you can write us at volunteers@asdreams.org NEWS FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: From Robert Gongloff, Board Chair The IASD Board of Directors held its fall meeting on Saturday, October 26. The Board made some major decisions that will affect all members. People in the News Due to pressing work commitments, Tracey Kahan asked to step down from the Board. To find someone to complete her term which ends in 2015, the Nominating Committee followed normal procedure and recommended selection of the member who received the highest number of votes in the general election held earlier this year. That person is Claude Desloges. The Board unanimously selected Claude to join the Board. Welcome Claude! Claude also has joined Susannah Benson as co-chair of the Regional Events Committee. We are also excited to announce that Monika Del Bosque has been selected to chair the Arts Committee, and Bobbie Ann Pimm has been selected to chair the Membership Committee. Monika received her MFA from JFK University, is Pierce College Art Faculty and Gallery Director in Thousand Oaks, California, and will be curating the art exhibition in Berkeley next year. We all appreciated the work Bobbie did this year as local conference co-manager and onsite registration chair at Virginia Beach. Bobbie is author of Notes from a Dreamer … on Dreaming: A Personal Journey in Dream Interpretation. Thank you both for taking on these important functions! Development Consultant Recognizing the many challenges being faced by our growing organization, the Board voted to hire a development consultant and fund it for a one-year period, using strategic funds which are specifically designed for one-time investments such as this. The main task of this consultant will be to see that the transformations we are facing will take place in a coordinated manner. This service will be provided by The iMage Project, a non-profit organization run by Jean Campbell. One of Jean’s duties will be to edit DreamTime, including building a team of volunteers to manage the publication after termination of the contract, with the overall goal of reducing costs. Of course, Jean will need help in this effort and will welcome input and assistance from members. You may contact Jean at jccampb@aol.com Thank you, Jean for taking on this vital task. Learning Management System – Online Courses Scott Sparrow has submitted a proposal for creation of an online Learning Management System. Included in this proposal is the concept of converting conference presentations into online courses. Scott also proposes creating mentored, interactive online courses. Alan Siegel, Chair of the Education Committee, met with the Board and said that he is working with The American Psychological Association to obtain approval for CE credit for these courses. The Board discussed the particulars of this proposal and gave its approval for Scott and Alan to proceed with the project. Stay tuned; you will be hearing more about this in the future. Call for Treasurer’s Position IASD is seeking an individual to replace the outgoing Treasurer in June, 2014. This volunteer position includes a spot on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and it is ideal for someone with business or finance experience who is interested in expanding within IASD. The incoming Treasurer will be supported by the Finance Committee, along with training and assistance by the outgoing Treasurer. For more information about the position please contact David L. Kahn at lucidreverie3@gmail.com Call For IASD Board Nominations The IASD Nominating Committee is soliciting recommendations for members to serve on the Board of Directors for the term beginning in July 2014. Nominees should be members in good standing who are willing to serve. Please send your recommendations to Susannah Benson, Nominating Committee Chair by December 15, 2013.
IASD would like to thank the thirty per THE ERNEST HARTMANN AWARD FOR STUDENT RESEARCH
As in previous years, there will be two $500 awards. The first is for the best student submission of original scientific research on dreams and dreaming. The second is for the best submission of original historical, literary, artistic, or theoretical research. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to submit papers. Please view the following for additional details: https://asdreams.org/2014/student-awards/
All participants must submit their presentations in electronic form,
preferably through email to office@asdreams.org or if necessary by mailing
the files, copied to a CD or a DVD, to the IASD office by March 1, 2014.
Participants may also electronically submit videos in AVI formats, or music
in MIDI or MPS formats. In the case of papers with multiple authors – in
terms of the ideas presented as well as the description of the results – the
contestant must indicate clearly, in either the text of the paper or in an
accompanying letter, what portions are the submitter’s work.
Curtiss Hoffman
From Susan Benson, Regional Events Co-Chair
Regional Events activities are buzzing with a number of conference and event
proposals at vari
I would like to thank Rosa Anwandter (South America), Cynnie Pearson
(Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) and Nancy Grace (Salem, Oregon) who are
stepping back from the Regional Representative role, and extend a warm
welcome to Sherry Puricelli, our new regional representative for
Connecticut. Reaching out to the Community: By Susan Baragia
As IASD regional representatives we are always looking for local
opportunities to promote our association. When asked by the local
university to talk about the integration of dream work into my
counseling practice with children, it seemed like a perfect opportunity
to also promote our organization. Tom and Kathleen Trotter were teaching
a Counseling Supervision Internship class at the University of Nevada.
Because University of Idaho doesn’t offer classes in dream work, this
would be most students’ first exposure to dream work and its potential
effect on children’s progress in counseling. Within the two-hour
workshop I was able to talk about dream work and also introduce students
to our premier dream association – IASD.
Toronto IASD Regional Group Community Outreach
Mara Zadnoff and Jeanne Van Bronkhorst participated in a local community
event, Ideafest, in Markham on Oct 26. Regional Representatives Network
To volunteer to become a Regional Representative, contact Susannah Benson
at: dreamtracking@gmail.com
or Claude Desloges at:
claude.desloges@videotron.ca
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Dream-News. E-mail Submissions by the first of each month to: IASD Dream-News Editor
mailto:dreamnews@asdreams.org">dreamnews@asdreams.org/a> THE FINE PRINT: IASD DREAM-NEWS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The deadline for the IASD Dream-News is the first of each month. There is no Dream-News published in July. Submissions by IASD members should be e-mailed to the IASD Dream-News editor. Please limit your articles to 200 words. The article title should be entirely in capital letters. Any article sub-headings should be in upper and lowercase. Submissions can be submitted in the body of an email message or as an attachment. When sending attachments please include, in the body of the e-mail, your name and an indication that it is an IASD Dream-News item. Acceptable files for attachments are Microsoft Word and Rich Text Format (RTF). E-News articles should be submitted in the following format: Verdana font, 12pt., and black ink. No words should be bolded, underlined, or italicized. Feel free to include photos as attachments. Do not imbed photos or logos in text. The editor reserves the right to shorten and/or edit articles for clarity and to fit space restrictions. Articles over 200 words may be heavily edited. IASD reserves the right to accept or reject any article. IASD members who would like to inform other members of their presentations, lectures, or workshops should submit their names, the titles of the events, the dates, and locations. Please also include either an e-mail address, website, or phone number so that IASD members can contact you for additional information. Submission of book tour dates and lecture series are limited to the following: individual, contact information, dates, cities, states, or countries. The IASD Dream-News accepts notices on member media interviews and appearances. Members should include the IASD member name, the name of the show or publication, the date, and the topic discussed. IASD holds no responsibility for the content or quality of non-sponsored IASD events or individual member lectures, presentations, or workshops. To subscribe to the IASD Dream-News: http://enews.kintera.org/ To change your E-mail address: http://AddressChangeForm.kintera.org/ Please direct any technical problems to Richard Wilkerson at the IASD office: office@asdreams.org IASD Website: https://asdreams.org |
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cent
of its membership that took the DreamTime Survey offered in the
DreamTime Special Thirtieth Anniversary Edition and online last month;
and acknowledge the magnitude of this response. Generally a fifteen
percent response to any survey is considered an excellent one. IASD
members showed their enthusiastic response to both DreamTime and to
IASD.
We
are pleased to announce that the anonymous donor who has generously provided
funding for the Student Research Award for the past seven years has
graciously agreed to provide matching funds for the 2014 competition! The
IASD board of trustees will provide the balance of funds.
ous planning stages. We look forward to sharing more news
about these events in future newsletters. Thank you to all of our regional
reps who have joined our newly established Regional Reps forum. We have had
a great start to the group and look forward to its continuing growth. 
None of the audience
had heard of the association, and they also had no idea of the amount of
research occurring daily in the world of dreams. All students felt at
least one class should be included in future graduate programs, and
wished their program had exposed them to the study of dreams. Receiving
this positive and passionate response to this introduction to dreams was
gratifying and well worth a few hours of my time. And, of course, their
enthusiastic responses only increased my already passionate interest in
dreams.
Please check the IASD website for up-to-date names and contact information
for the regional representative in your area. The
