Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Dreams: The Basics |
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| Venue | : | Online & In Person (St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7LL, UK) |
| Date | : | 10/05/2025 |
| Duration | : | 10:15am - 12.45pm BST / 5:15 - 7:45am EDT |
| Extra Info | : | Speaker: Dr Dale Mathers This seminar is an introduction to dreams: how they are made, what they are made with and what they are made for. Dreams are a natural product of the unconscious mind, as it does its nightly task of helping us understand the world and our place in it, bridging between conscious and unconscious. They are an essential part of a culture’s psychological eco-system, and not a personal possession. Dreams evolve memory, which has a predictive function, letting us guess what is next up. Dreams are creative play-spaces, which develop empathy. They have a transcendent function, moving between and beyond ego and self. Sometimes, dreams are the source of religious, political, and spiritual insights. However, most are not remembered. The seminar includes an account of dreaming based on the latest neuropsychological research. Detail about ‘the three network model’ - a best guess at how the mind works – is evolving. This brings together insights from both Freud, Jung and the humanistic therapies. Personally, I feel ‘work’ is the last thing a dream needs. They are gifts from our unconscious, for our conscious to play with. The less solemn you are in your approach, the more you’ll discover from their ever-changing symbols. |
| Organised By | : | West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy |
| Web Link | : | https://apt-birmingham.co.uk/events/lecture2024-4/ |