In Pursuit of the Unconscious: A Workshop on Dreams
A three-day dream workshop with Dr. Abi Blakeslee.
Have you ever had a dream that was soothing? A nightmare? A dream that puzzled you?
Throughout human history, people have dreamed, wondering “Why?” Is it a message from the unconscious? Is it memory reconsolidation? Is it a collective call that resounds as barriers of consciousness dissolve?
This five star reviewed workshop is for ANYONE interested in the link between the conscious and the subconscious worlds
Weaving together Jungian Psychology, Dream Tending, Implicit Memory, and Somatic Therapies you will learn to decode and deepen the hidden meaning of dreams. Even the most terrifying nightmare images are powerful indicators for change and transformation that can be revelatory toward growth and empowerment.
Bring a dream of your own to deepen your understanding of yourself and your unconscious inner wisdom. If you work with clients, bring a client's dream narratives and images to deconstruct.
Delve into dozens of exercises to understand the layers of embodied archetypes, the unconscious, and the collective unconscious.
In this workshop, we will explore a leading-edge approach to working with dreams. Accessing non-conscious memories and processes involving movement, conscious awareness of sensation, and embodied emotion unlocks the barriers between unconscious and conscious knowing.
Dreams and even nightmares are gifts that are our inherent drive toward self-regulation. In this workshop, we will practice applied techniques from neuroscience, the field of psychophysiology, and Jungian psychology how to mine dreams for the gems of meaning and healing.
We will explore:
Embodied Archetypes: Archetypes are pre-existing patterns and symbols that humans base universal knowing upon. We may, for example, deny one archetype, one aspect of the Self, and settle rigidly into another for protection.
Active Imagination: Interact with dream figures, who are all aspects of the Self. You will learn to use direct experience such as repair dialogue, emotional expansion, expressive movement, and conscious awareness of your nervous system to connect to your empowered integrated Self.
Shadow: Underworld dreams or violent frightening dreams naturally process psychological experiences. Drop by drop, they alchemically serve to integrate traumatic memories.
Collective Unconscious: Dreams can be explored through cross-cultural stories and myths. Humanity’s wisdom offers many dimensions to symbols that are gifted to us in our dreamtime. Also, by exploring our collective through our physiological and unconscious memory, we deepen our connection to Source.
Please bring a dream or several in mind to work on in the workshop. You can also work with your clients’ dreams.
Meet your trainer, Dr. Abi Blakeslee:
Dr. Abi Blakeslee is a world-renowned trauma specialist and the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy. She is senior faculty at Somatic Experiencing International and additionally legacy faculty for Dr. Peter Levine’s Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. She is the co-founder of Relationship Repair. Dr. Blakeslee holds a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology and an MA in Counseling and Depth Psychology. Her Masters Thesis centered around “Healing Trauma: A Neurobiological and Somatic Approach to Treating Nightmares” and her dissertation produced original research on the role of implicit memory in trauma resolution. This dream workshop is the culmination of decades of teaching, research, and working with dreams in clinical practice. Dr. Blakeslee teaches and consults worldwide. She lives in Bozeman, Montana, with her husband and enjoys the snow, mountains, and rivers with their three children. She also enjoys dreaming - and remembers them during the precious times she can sleep in!
Cost & Booking
This workshop is open to everyone. The cost of the three-day workshop is £540. To book click on the button below. Places are limited and if the workshop is full you will be able to be added to the waiting list.
Hear what people are saying about the workshop
"Abi is a fabulous instructor, very relatable and always has wonderful and thoughtful thorough responses to all questions asked. This workshop greatly enhanced my ability as a practitioner and deep in my understanding of how to work with my clients on a deeper level in the healing capacity.”
"I found the materials and instructor applicable to a broader range of strategies beyond implicit dream work. Helpful, conceptualization, and actionable activities for a psychotherapist.“
“Deepen my understanding of the interplay between conscious and the unconscious mind with relevant lecture and practice opportunities.”
"I Truly love this workshop and appreciate the integration of somatic and Jungian elements. It is deeply meaningful work, both professionally and personally.”
"I’m leaving this training with another powerful tool to offer people. I can now respond in an informed manner to patient’s reports of night terrors and offer more processing tools to help facilitate their healing. I appreciated the experiential component, which gives me more confidence to offer this to clients.“
'I liked the combination of different modes of learning – lecture, demo, experiential, writing, art, dyad practice as well as learning about the scientific side of some of these embodied dream theories. It was an inspirational and powerful experience and I’m so appreciative to be walking away with new tools and experiences for myself and clients.“