DREAMS & SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE

What’s Included:

 

This CPD Masterclass shows you how to go beyond simple dream interpretation and use dreams as a practical hypnotherapeutic tool. You’ll explore the unconscious logic that shapes dreaming, learn how to ask the right questions to uncover meaning, and discover how to convert even entrenched problems into resolvable forms using Symbolic Modelling. The course also covers the science of sleep and dreaming, parasomnias, and the PSI Somatic Metaphor technique for deeper therapeutic work.

 

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• The science behind sleep
  Sleep stages, cycles, functions and how sleep affects emotional and cognitive processing.

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• Parasomnias and sleep disorders
  Night terrors, sleepwalking, REM disturbances and how they relate to therapeutic work.

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• The history of dream explanations
  Cultural, psychological and symbolic interpretations across time.

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• The science behind dreams
  Neurological, cognitive and emotional mechanisms that generate dream content.

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• Interpreting dreams
  How to explore themes, symbols, metaphors and emotional tone without imposing meaning.

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• Working with dreams: therapeutic interventions
  Techniques for transforming dream material into therapeutic insight and change.

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• Working with dreams: client work
  How to structure sessions, ask effective questions and guide clients through dream exploration.

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• Case studies
  Real examples illustrating dream themes, symbolic patterns and therapeutic outcomes.

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• Metaphor and Symbolic Modelling
  Understanding symbolic language and using David Grove’s approach to access deeper meaning.

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• Using symbols, metaphors and imagery in therapy
  How to work with unconscious representations to support resolution and integration.

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• The Somatic Metaphor (PSI Technique)
  A powerful method for linking bodily sensations with symbolic meaning to facilitate change.

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​Additional Info:

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CPD Hours: 15

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Cost: £125 (discount available to returning students)