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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

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

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

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

What happens in peoples' lives the day before often shows up in their subsequent dreams. Let us know if your waking life and dreams connect in this way. To her then we must go, woman and man of us, young and old, from poor and rich alike, the private citizen and the ruler, the town dweller and the rustic, the artisan and the orator. She repudiates neither race, nor age, nor condition, nor calling. She is present to everyone, everywhere, this zealous prophetess, this wise counselor . . .… Continue

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

What a wonderful opportunity the Internet provides to talk about use of dreams. Dreaming is as common in our lives as waking life communications. Think about that! Research shows we all dream. Thus, we all have some form of "sleeping communication." One common concern brought to counselors is relationships. Stress from reactions to others--relationship concerns is a common theme in dreams. Yet training on use of dreams in counseling is very limited. Continue

Many of my own dreams are guiding dreams as are many dreams of others with whom I have worked. I had no idea when I was still using a dream dictionary dreams would bring personal guidance. How about others. Even if you don't understand what your dreams mean now, when you stand back and look at a couple or more, do they seem to be guiding dreams? Below is a dream and interpretation to show you what I mean by a guiding dream. This one is quite straightforward. Ever had anything similar to… Continue