55 min
A Guide to Dream Therapy with Dr. Leslie Ellis, #TheEmergentHuman The Michael Ostrolenk Show
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- Health & Fitness
Welcome to the Emergent Human with Michael Ostrolenk, where we explore optimizing health, embodied spirituality, and post-conventional living.
Today I speak with Dr. Leslie Ellis, a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (https://www.amazon.com/Clinicians-Guide-Dream-Therapy-Implementing-ebook/dp/B07S2T5MJ4) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book.
Dr. Ellis discusses the value of engaging clients in dream work, as it helps point out salient emotional concerns, helps limit biased conscious editing, provides new perspectives on issues, and can serve as a diagnostic tool. Dreams often pick up on things which affect us during the day, even if we are not consciously aware of it. Dr. Ellis details how one could understand key life events through paying attention to trends in dreams and lends theories on how dreams may be predictive of future events. She also discusses indigenous populations’ approaches to dreaming and theories on how the world may be dreaming through us.
To learn more about Dr. Leslie Ellis and her work, visit her website (https://drleslieellis.com/).
We will close out today’s show with one of my favorite singer/song writers Stuart Davis and his song “Fear of Light” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzbIDsRY4Lc&list=OLAK5uy_mW1RAF2NUfbntN5SjtP9N99kDbD1EYHvc&index=6. And I’d like to give a shout out to my coach and teacher Amanda Jade Fiorini and a wonderful piece she wrote entitled “Grief as an Ally of Emergence” (https://www.wildearthmedicine.com/post/grief-as-an-ally-of-emergence?fbclid=IwAR2VGwOB3-Wn2wbgzy3Vk_zK8p_IJzqRmE49PqTlPEVoGH8MLFtRMe0725Q).
Today’s show is brought to you by Somatic Psychotherapy Today (https://somaticpsychotherapytoday.com/).
Welcome to the Emergent Human with Michael Ostrolenk, where we explore optimizing health, embodied spirituality, and post-conventional living.
Today I speak with Dr. Leslie Ellis, a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (https://www.amazon.com/Clinicians-Guide-Dream-Therapy-Implementing-ebook/dp/B07S2T5MJ4) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book.
Dr. Ellis discusses the value of engaging clients in dream work, as it helps point out salient emotional concerns, helps limit biased conscious editing, provides new perspectives on issues, and can serve as a diagnostic tool. Dreams often pick up on things which affect us during the day, even if we are not consciously aware of it. Dr. Ellis details how one could understand key life events through paying attention to trends in dreams and lends theories on how dreams may be predictive of future events. She also discusses indigenous populations’ approaches to dreaming and theories on how the world may be dreaming through us.
To learn more about Dr. Leslie Ellis and her work, visit her website (https://drleslieellis.com/).
We will close out today’s show with one of my favorite singer/song writers Stuart Davis and his song “Fear of Light” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzbIDsRY4Lc&list=OLAK5uy_mW1RAF2NUfbntN5SjtP9N99kDbD1EYHvc&index=6. And I’d like to give a shout out to my coach and teacher Amanda Jade Fiorini and a wonderful piece she wrote entitled “Grief as an Ally of Emergence” (https://www.wildearthmedicine.com/post/grief-as-an-ally-of-emergence?fbclid=IwAR2VGwOB3-Wn2wbgzy3Vk_zK8p_IJzqRmE49PqTlPEVoGH8MLFtRMe0725Q).
Today’s show is brought to you by Somatic Psychotherapy Today (https://somaticpsychotherapytoday.com/).
55 min