Embodied Imagination® and Dreamwork

«During the practice of Embodied Imagination® dream or memory images are benevolent companions who offer their support well beyond the session. Support comes in the form of knowledge, qualities, and understanding possessed by the image, which can later be physically referenced by the dreamer. Embodiment is a restorative practice that builds intuition. We don’t think our way into Wholeness. We feel it.”

— Dr. Katherine Lawson, MA, Ph.D.

Embodied Imagination® is a therapeutic and creative form of working with dreams and memories pioneered by Dutch Jungian psychoanalyst Robert Bosnak and based on principles first developed by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, and on the work of American archetypal psychologist James Hillman, who focused on soul as a simultaneous multiplicity of autonomous states.

While dreaming we visit an in-between reality, populated by embodied intelligences that operate outside of the mind-body conundrum. During the Embodied Imagination® practice, imagination grows itself a body. Your body. We use imagery as the language of the unconscious and the body as a vehicle for expressing and relating to it. One becomes embodied by or absorbed into an image environment. The images can be described as benevolent companions who continue to offer support beyond the EI session. Support comes in the form of knowledge, capacities, and understanding possessed and shared by the image, which can later be adapted by the dreamer.

I work with Embodied Imagination® to provide clients a path toward becoming their best selves. By using the power of the subconscious mind and the imagination, I guide individuals to embody significant experiences found in their dreams, visions and memories. If you are working through anxiety, grief, fear, depression, relationship issues, or are just plain stuck — I know what you’re going through. And I can help.