Why Dreamwork & Embodied Imagination?

Our dreams (and memories) have a purpose.

The subconscious communicates with the conscious mind through imagery, so dreams are the path to bridging that gap and bringing symbolic images from the dream realm into waking life.

Dreams are the path to wholeness.

Although we all dream about different things, dreams speak to us in the universal language of metaphor—the same language found throughout the world in myths, fairy tales, and religions. The images we experience in dreams hold collective metaphors that are unique to each individual dreamer.

Embodied Imagination® facilitates access to the creative and therapeutic content of our dreams and opens the space for conversation between the conscious and unconscious realms.

Integrating the conscious and unconscious worlds through dream work can be an invaluable part of psychological growth and physical healing.

As a cancer survivor, I have experienced post-trauma suffering first-hand.

As a researcher and therapist, I understand that peace and happiness are as deeply embodied in us as are trauma and suffering.

As an Embodied Imagination® practitioner, with an MA in counseling psychotherapy and a PhD in Mind-Body Medicine, I know how to use these deep-rooted emotions along with dream imagery to facilitate growth and healing. The process creates a collaborative environment where I work with clients to embody, examine, and begin to understand profound emotional states that are not available to us in our waking life.

By attuning to subconscious experiences in this way, we interrupt and change the neurological flooding, or emotional overwhelm. We can heal and calm the psycho-neurologic system, and bring our body, mind, and spirit into a more aligned state of wholeness and well-being.  We can acquaint ourselves with fresh new perspectives and resources.