Dreamwork and Dream-Arts: Healing, Creativity, and Personal Growth: Certificate Series

NWCEAI is excited to offer a Certificate in Dreamwork & Dream-Arts!

  Overview:  

• Completion of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3
• 6 sessions (18 hours) of deep-dive learning with dream and creativity expert, Dr. Angel Morgan;
• A uniquely creative and experiential process; 
• Engaging supplementary readings (texts not included in the price of workshop); 
• A culminating process paper highlighting your learning experience; 
• After attending all 3 workshops and successfully completing the requirements, you will receive a Certificate in Dreamwork & Dream-Arts from Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute, and the option of receiving 18 CEs (for Counselors, MFTs, LICSWs);
• The Dream-Arts Certificate requires completion of levels 1, 2 & 3. Each workshop is also available individually, without the option for Certificate. Please note that each level has the prerequisite of completing the preceding level.

The Dreamworks & Dream-Arts workshops are facilitated by: Angel Morgan, PhD, Past-President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

 

Angel Morgan, Ph.D. founded Dreambridge (thedreambridge.com) in 2008. She specializes in dreams, creativity, and the connection between the two (Dream-Arts). She has worked with adults, children, teens, and parents as a Dream-Arts educator since 1995. An interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker, she received her Ph.D. in Psychology after completing the Dream Studies and Creativity Studies programs at Saybrook University. Before that, she received an M.A. in Human Development from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, a B.A. in Theater, Film, and Television from UCLA and is a graduate of the Idyllwild Arts Academy.

 

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Workshop Dates:

• • Level 1: March 18 – 19
  • Level 2: April 22 – 23
  • Level 3: May 20 – 21

Time: Each workshop is 6 hours: presented in 2 – three-hour sessions. Friday: 6:30 pm -9:30 pm and Saturday: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (all times are PST)
CEs: 18 CEs available (6 CEs for each level)
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: $522.00 or $199.00/individual level

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Level 1 Introduction: March 18 and 19

Join us on Friday for an evening that includes an introduction to the healing power of dream sharing cross-culturally, a variety of methods for individual and group dreamwork, a discussion about individual dream language, and individual and group exercises with visual Dream-Arts.

Rejoin us Saturday morning to practice more group dreamwork, and engage in literary and dramatic Dream-Arts exercises inspired by Gestalt and Psychodrama.

Dreamwork and Dream-Arts are helpful doorways to individual and group creativity, which leads to healing and personal growth. This workshop offers various methods of dreamwork and creative dream expression for both individual and group work. Lecture and discussion will lead to experiential group and individual activities. Bring your dream journal if you have one. Together we will cultivate a respectful space for creative dream exploration, and you will gain valuable new tools for your practice. Background for Dreamwork and Dream-Arts includes Kilton Stewart’s Senoi Dream Theory, Montague Ullman’s Appreciating Dreams group method (aka The Ullman Method), Fritz Perls’ Gestalt Dreamwork, Gayle Delaney’s Dream Interview Method, Wilma Scategni’s Dream Psychodrama, and Angel Morgan’s Dream-Bridging Method with Dream-Arts.

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the healing power of dream sharing cross-culturally.
2. Utilize a variety of methods for individual dreamwork.
3. Utilize a variety of methods for group dreamwork.
4. Identify the dream language of individual dreamers.
5. Create Dream-Arts through the process of Dream-Bridging.
6. Explain how Gestalt psychology, Dream Psychodrama, and Improvisational Dream Theater can intersect to help dreamers find insight, healing, and wholeness.

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A sample of comments from past participants ~

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Level 2 Intermediate: April 22 and 23

Level 2 is the second part of a three part Dream-Arts Certificate and requires completion of Dreamwork and Dream-Arts: Healing, Creativity, and Personal Growth: Level 1.

Join us on Friday for an evening that goes deeper into the variety of methods for individual and group dreamwork that were introduced to you in Level 1 (a prerequisite for this workshop), more discussion about individual dream language, and deeper practice of individual and group exercises with visual Dream-Arts.

Rejoin us Saturday morning to continue with more group dreamwork, and practice engaging in literary and dramatic Dream-Arts exercises inspired by Gestalt and Psychodrama.

Dreamwork and Dream-Arts are helpful doorways to individual and group creativity, which leads to healing and personal growth. This workshop offers various methods of dreamwork and creative dream expression for both individual and group work. Lecture and discussion will lead to experiential group and individual activities. Bring your dream journal if you have one. Together we will cultivate a respectful space for creative dream exploration, and you will gain valuable new tools for your practice. Background for Dreamwork and Dream-Artsincludes Kilton Stewart’s Senoi Dream Theory, Montague Ullman’s Appreciating Dreams group method (aka The Ullman Method), Fritz Perls’ Gestalt Dreamwork, Gayle Delaney’s Dream Interview Method, Wilma Scategni’s Dream Psychodrama, and Angel Morgan’s Dream-Bridging Method with Dream-Arts.

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the healing power of dream sharing.
2. Utilize a variety of methods for individual dreamwork.
3. Utilize a variety of methods for group dreamwork.
4. Identify the dream language of individual dreamers.
5. Create Dream-Arts through the process of Dream-Bridging.
6. Explain how Gestalt psychology, Dream Psychodrama, and Improvisational Dream Theater can intersect to help dreamers find insight, healing, and wholeness.

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Level 3 Advanced: May 20 and 21

Level 3 is the third part of a three-part Dream-Arts Certificate and requires completion of Dreamwork and Dream-Arts: Healing, Creativity, and Personal Growth: Level 1 and Level 2.  

Join us on Friday for an evening that includes review of a variety of methods for individual and group dreamwork that you practiced in Level II (a prerequisite for this workshop), more discussion about individual dream language, individual and group exercises with visual Dream-Arts, extraordinary dream categories, and a discussion of 14 approaches to dreams and PTSD nightmares.

Dreamwork and Dream-Arts are helpful doorways to individual and group creativity, which leads to healing and personal growth. This workshop offers various methods of dreamwork and creative dream expression for both individual and group work. Lecture and discussion will lead to experiential group and individual activities. Bring your dream journal if you have one. Together we will cultivate a respectful space for creative dream exploration, and you will gain valuable new tools for your practice. Background for Dreamwork and Dream-Artsincludes Kilton Stewart’s Senoi Dream Theory, Montague Ullman’s Appreciating Dreams group method (aka The Ullman Method), Fritz Perls’ Gestalt Dreamwork, Gayle Delaney’s Dream Interview Method, Wilma Scategni’s Dream Psychodrama, and Angel Morgan’s Dream-Bridging Method with Dream-Arts.

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the healing power of dream sharing.
2. Utilize a variety of methods for individual dreamwork.
3. Utilize a variety of methods for group dreamwork.
4. Identify the dream language of individual dreamers.
5. Create Dream-Arts through the process of Dream-Bridging.
6. Explain how Gestalt psychology, Dream Psychodrama, and Improvisational Dream Theater can intersect to help dreamers find insight, healing, and wholeness.

Required Reading: One or more of these books (available for purchase online):

• Krippner, S., Bogzaran, F., & de Carvalho, A.P. (2002). Extraordinary dreams and how to work with them. State University of New York Press.
• Lewis, J.E., & Krippner, S. (Eds.). (2016). Working with dreams and PTSD nightmares: 14 approaches for psychotherapists and counselors. Praeger.
• Morgan, A. K. (2018). Dreamer’s powerful tiger: A new lucid dreaming classic for children and parents of the 21^st Century. The Dreambridge.

Final Assignment to complete the Dream-Arts Certificate:

Write a 500 – 1,000 word essay in APA style (see Publication Manual of the APA, 7^th ed.) describing what you have learned about Dreamwork and Dream-Arts during this 3 part series of workshops in relation to something that stands out to you in one (or more) of the required books listed above.

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​​You will receive the Zoom link 1 day prior to the workshop date.

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