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Professional education in dream and nightmare treatment

Courses for Clinicians

These self-paced courses are designed for mental health professionals seeking clinically sound, trauma-informed approaches to working with dreams and nightmares. Grounded in current research and decades of clinical experience, these courses support ethical practice, nervous system regulation, and deep respect for the client’s lived experience.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Embodied Experiential Dreamwork Certification Program

This program is a deep dive into the world of dreams, and a clear path to learning how to engage yourself and guide others in embodied experiential dreamwork practices. Upon completion of this program, you will be able to confidently engage with your own dreams and the dreams of others, both one-on-one and in groups. And you will be able to help those who suffer from trauma-related nightmares to not only reduce nightmare frequency and distress, but also PTSD symptoms.

Now accepting registration for the September 2026 cohort. This course opens once a year.
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CLINICAL NIGHTMARE TREATMENT

Nightmare Treatment Imperative

The complete online course for clinicians. Learn why treating nightmares is both essential and surprisingly simple in this online course for mental health professionals, dreamworkers, and anyone who supports those with nightmares. Most people who suffer from dangerous levels of nightmare distress do not get the help they need. Most are unaware that their nightmares are treatable, and even if they do bring their distressing dreams to a therapist, few clinicians know how to treat them.
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FOUNDATIONS OF FOCUSING

Focusing-Oriented Therapy: The Fundamentals

This self-paced course introduces the foundational steps of Focusing as developed by its founder, Eugene Gendlin, and is designed for those new to the practice. It is taught by Dr. Leslie Ellis, a longtime Focusing trainer, former President and current Coordinator of The International Focusing Institute, and a leading expert in using Focusing to work with complex trauma and dreams.
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Additional trainings

Additional Dreamwork & Focusing Courses

These courses are offered through partner organizations and professional training platforms.
They explore focused topics in dreamwork, focusing, trauma, and clinical practice, and are ideal for clinicians seeking continuing education or deeper specialization.

Focusing: Accessing the Body’s Wisdom

Learn foundational focusing practices developed by Eugene Gendlin to access the body’s felt sense. This course supports clinicians and individuals in cultivating embodied awareness for healing, insight, and personal growth.


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How to Work with Dreams in Your Clinical Practice

Practical tools for integrating dreamwork into clinical practice. Learn how to work with dream imagery in ways that deepen therapeutic insight while remaining grounded, ethical, and trauma-informed.


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Nightmares and Anxiety Dreams in Times of Crisis

Explore the meaning and function of anxiety dreams and nightmares during periods of stress. Offers clinical perspectives and compassionate approaches for supporting distressed dreamers.


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Focusing and Dreamwork

An integrative approach to combining focusing and dreamwork in therapeutic settings. Learn how bodily awareness and dream imagery can work together to support emotional regulation and psychological growth.
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Additional Resources

A curated collection of professional resources related to dreamwork, nightmares, trauma, and experiential approaches to therapy. These organizations offer research, clinical guidance, and training opportunities for therapists interested in working more deeply with dreams.

International Association for the Study of Dreams

Research, articles, conferences, and practitioner resources for those interested in the study and clinical use of dreams.
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National Center for PTSD: Nightmares

A helpful overview of nightmares, including background information and links to evidence-based treatment approaches.
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The Focusing Institute

Resources and trainings for therapists interested in experiential methods, including focusing-oriented approaches to inner experience.
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