2024 Dream Study Seminar

Dream Study Seminar:

This series invites participants to explore the symbolic messages of the Self in a Jungian-based interactive way. Group members will have the opportunity to share, gain understanding, and make positive use of the contents of their dreams within the supportive circle of a confidential community of peers. Each participant will have one opportunity during the series to be the session’s dreamer, which involves sharing a dream and receiving thoughtful feedback from the group.  Deep insight and illumination will surely come as we make use of the widely revered dreamwork practices described in Jeremy Taylor’s The Wisdom of Your Dreams. This process does not focus on dream interpretation or advice-giving between participants, but rather on the expansion of dream narratives and their messages, by way of discussing the feelings, associations, and subjective experiences of the group members.

This will be a dedicated group limited to 8 participants, meeting for 90 minutes over 9 bi-weekly Monday evening sessions (one initial introductory meeting for rapport-building and review of Jungian-based dream interpretation tenets, and eight interactive dreamwork sessions). This group process promises to be fun, rich, and rewarding! Facilitators Laura Hensley and Chris Dixon, are both licensed counselors with extensive experience in dreamwork facilitation as well as Jungian theory and practices. [Please note: This is a non-clinical process. It is NOT therapy, though it is likely to be therapeutic.]

Cost: $325

Location: Online via Zoom, with the exception of the first meeting which will be held at the Library — 4615 E. River Hills Dr., Tampa, FL 33617.  Zoom link will be shared with participants 24-48 hours in advance of meeting times.

Dates & Times:
Session 1: Monday, January 22nd, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 2: Monday, February 5th, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 3: Monday, February 19th, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 4: Monday, March 4th, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 5: Monday, March 18th, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 6: Monday, April 1st, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 7: Monday, April 15th, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 8: Monday, April 29th, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Session 9: Monday, May 13th, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Required Text: The Wisdom of Your Dreams, by Jeremy Taylor

“Working with dreams in voluntary groups builds community, deep supportive intimacy, and provides a place where creative response to life’s challenges can be brought to consciousness.”

Facilitators: Laura Hensley, LMHC & Chris Dixon, LMHC

Laura Hensley, LMHC

Laura Hensley has over 20 years of experience as a therapist and is currently in private practice in St. Pete. She specializes in trauma resolution and personal growth through the creative use of various active imagination processes, including EMDR, Art Therapy, Sandplay Therapy, dreamwork, and guided meditation.

Chris Dixon, LMHC

Since 1991, Chris Dixon has studied the work of C.G. Jung. During this 32-year period, he has participated in lectures and workshops in locations ranging from Central Florida to Zurich, Switzerland. Chris attended USF Polytechnic and Springfield College. He is a licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida and has a private practice in Lakeland where he specializes in Jungian psychotherapy.

Please email info@jungtampa.org for further assistance.