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September 25
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Facilitation of dream interpretation - potential
The facilitation of our clients' interpretation of their dreams has the potential to be the most encompassing counseling approach available to us because we all dream!
September 25
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Dreams - major self-discovery resource for everyone, everywhere, in whatever culture
Excerpt from book in process by Evelyn M. Duesbury The dream is a major self-discovery resource for everyone, everywhere, in whatever culture. Further, dream scenarios are exclusive to the individual dreamer. And more, dream contents reach beyond...
August 11
Eveland Fairfield added a discussion to the group Academic
Purposes of the Counselors' Guide, Book in Progress
The purpose of Family Systems Perspectives and the Interpretation of Relationship Dreams is to teach professional counselors and their clients how to use researched dream interpretation models to reduce stress from relationship concerns. The Perso...
July 22
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Your interpretations of your dreams can change your waking life for the better
In a few years, after you have interpreted many of your dreams, who will you be then? Tonight, after you have interpreted this morning’s dream, who will you be then? by Evelyn Duesbury, author of a practicing counselor's guide book, student's text...
July 9
Eveland Fairfield added a discussion to the group Academic
Family Systems Perspectives - Reactions in Relationship Experiences
Below is an excerpt from my book in process: Family Systems Perspectives . . . A great percentage of the images, thoughts, and emotions that pass through our minds during sleep are about the people we have talked with, listened to, or thought abo...
June 19
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Dreaming - universally experienced nighttime activity
The most universally experienced nighttime activity is dreaming. Can we and do we use this universal nighttime activity ourselves? We can and we do. Read Living Dreams, Living Life (2007) and discover for yourselves. Also, watch for publication o...
June 11
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The dream is a major self-discovery resource
All people from all cultures dream. Dream scenarios are exclusive to the individual dreamer. Dream contents reach beyond cognitive awareness. From there I make the case that the dream is a major self-discovery resource for everyone, everywhere, wh...
May 3

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At 7:59am on April 30, 2008, Linda said…
very interesting. Thanks!
At 7:13am on April 29, 2008, Eveland Fairfield said…
Hi Linda ~ There are two major ways to ask for dreams. One way is “incubation.” Delaney (1996) developed “dream interview” methods of incubating dreams. A shortened version of incubation is: “(1) Write out your question [on what you want to learn from a dream] before you go to sleep. (2) Repeat it over and over to yourself as you fall asleep” (p. 209).
The other way to ask for dreams is through “spontaneous” dreaming. Spontaneous dreams often come in response to the dreamer’s day-before-the dream events and thoughts. There the dreamer waits until after the dream to explore which events and which thoughts prompted the dream.
I use both ways to invite dreams. But I look first for whether the dream is a spontaneous dream. “When we look to our pre-dream thoughts as precursors of our dream, we have a selection of possible questions that impelled our dream . . . . If we choose to accept our pre-dream incubated words (and not search our pre-dream thoughts), it is akin to accepting only one possible question even before seeing the answer” (Living Dreams, Living Life, 2007, p. 29).
At 7:03pm on April 28, 2008, Linda said…
Many of my friends and colleagues seem to be looking for a rewarding and enjoyable life, but it seems that "rewarding and enjoyable" is hard to define. Most people, myself included, aren't completely sure what actually makes them feel happy. Maybe tuning into dreams will give a better sense of what to avoid and what to move towards...

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Why are you interested in your dreams?
Emotional Growth
What interests you most about your dreams?
They respond to waking life thoughts
Do you remember your dreams?
Most of the Time
How experienced are you with interpreting dreams? (1 = Not at all, 5 = Very Experienced)
5

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Compare Dreaming and Waking Life Reactions in Relationship Experiences

Review one or more of your dreams about one or more person in your life after reading the following blog. Comments on your experiences?

The systems approach to interpreting dreams [SAID] is a new dreamwork concept. With a systems approach to interpreting dreams [SAID], instead of having the family or group together as would typically happen in a counseling session, the individual gathers and studies (either alone or with a counselor) dreams about major relationships in his or her life, p… Continue

Posted on January 3, 2009 at 9:00pm —

Eveland Fairfield

Dream Solutions and Suggestions

Dreams bring solutions. Let us know your experiences in finding solutions in your dreams.

Like any worthwhile venture, finding solutions to dreams takes dedicated practice, along with rational reasoning and listening for intuitive insights.

A major outcome assessment in family counseling is problem solving (S. Benish . “Assessing Family Interventions,” In Family Counseling for all Counselors, 2003). A major outcome of use of the PMID model is the dreamer’s ability to discover pro… Continue

Posted on January 3, 2009 at 8:30pm —

Eveland Fairfield

The Dreamers Emotions in Dreams are Often Intrinsically Honest, though often exaggerated

Compare your dreaming emotions about a particular issue or relationship with your before-your-dream emotions about that same issue or relationship. How does this help you understand your dreams?

Emotions powered by thoughts are fundamental features of waking life. Emotions powered by waking thoughts are also fundamental features of dreams. A major difference is that dreams guided by emotions paint things on a more fluid canvas and “make connections more widely, more broadly than waking t… Continue

Posted on January 3, 2009 at 8:00pm —

Eveland Fairfield

Dream Phrases and Dreamers' Personal Definitions

Try the below technique with your dreams. Let us know how it works for you. (Suggestion: This is a new feature in dream interpretation. It often takes lots of practice before people new to this step become at ease with it. Defining whole dream phrases is a giant move forward in finding personal meanings in dreams.)

Dreams often pull from the past to give guidance in the present. With the PMID model, the dreamer uses his or her knowledge of personal experiences to find meaning to whole ph… Continue

Posted on January 3, 2009 at 7:30pm —

Eveland Fairfield

The Dreamer's Day-Before-the Dream Thoughts Can bring Answering Dreams

We trust you other dreamers either have or will notice that your thoughts (especially dominant thoughts) are reflected by your following night's dreams. Let us know your experiences.

Dream researchers have long recognized that thoughts passing through our waking minds are tremendous initiators of dreams. In the PMID [Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams] process, we treat thoughts as questions that the dream responds to or answers. The dreamer is able to identify the question(s) t… Continue

Posted on January 3, 2009 at 7:30pm —

 
 

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