I offer instruction for psychotherapists to expand their skills.
Village Counseling Continuing Education Workshop
Introduction to Using Meditation in Psychotherapy
We will practice meditation and discuss how and when we can make use of meditation in psychotherapy.
November 9, 2024 10:30-1:30
3 CE credits available for New York State Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists
More information and registration can be found here.
One on One Instruction for Psychotherapists*
1) Using Meditation in Psychotherapy
We will learn and practice various meditations including awareness practices, calming practices, and compassion practices. We will discuss their application to psychotherapy in a way that is clinically useful and relevant to the psychotherapeutic process.
2) Dreams
“A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience.” Carl Jung
Dream analysis deepens psychotherapy by providing information that has not been available to the conscious mind. I’ve worked with dreams that provide information about the psychotherapeutic process including the transference and countertransference; dreams that point to deeper aspects of the client’s organizing themes and attachment patterns; dreams that herald new growth that is on the horizon; dreams with profound spiritual messages. By working with dreams, I have found that clients are moved by the psyche’s mysterious capacity to tailor a message just for them. When we learn to read the language of dreams, we find that they are a beautiful, symbolic expression of the state of the psyche as it is when the dream is happening. As Carl Jung said, “The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul.”
Instruction is geared toward helping you to learn how to decipher the language of the dream in order to find its meaning. This is done by asking the dreamer to elaborate on the dream and being able to feel into its tone, imagery, and symbols.
*Please contact me for more information. Cost for one on one instruction is on a sliding scale and scheduling is flexible-monthly, weekly, bi-weekly etc. Please note that the one on one instruction that I offer is not clinical supervision.