Lynn Flewelling, MFTI

Psychiatrist Carl Jung wrote: “A dream that is not understood is a mere occurrence; understood, it becomes a living experience.” In the didactic portion of the workshop, Lynn Flewelling will outline what depth psychology is; give a brief overview of the history of 20th century Western dream work; and present three methods for working with dreams, drawing from the work of Sigmund Freud, Jung, and Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., creator of the Dream Tending method, which approaches dreams as living manifestations of the dreamer’s psyche. In the experiential portion, Ms. Flewelling will demonstrate the dream tending method with a volunteer, then workshop participants will divide into dyads and tend each other’s dreams under the guidance of the instructor. Sufficient time will be given so that both dyad partners can personally experience this method. Finally, participants will create art inspired by their own dream work experience.

Important: Please write down one of your recent dreams and bring it for the dyad work. Practicing with our own material is crucial for doing dream work with others. As Jung observed, we can only take our patients as far as we have been ourselves.

Please bring drawing paper and whatever you like to draw with, so long as there are colors. Crayons are great!

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop a basic understanding what the umbrella term Depth Psychology includes.

2. Understand the history of Western therapeutic dream work.

3. Have a schematic model encompassing the conscious and unconscious and how they connect.

4. Understand the difference between popular “dream interpretation” and therapeutic dream work and be able to explain it to clients.

5. Learn a methodology with which to work with both a client’s dreams and their own, including providing a safe container in which to do the work.

6. Understand that doing dream work with clients requires ongoing learning and practice with the therapist’s own dream material.

Lynn Flewelling is a Marriage and Family Therapist Registered Intern (#86877) supervised by Sheralyn L. Shockey-Pope, LMFT, as well as an internationally published author. She was working with dreams in both her writing and her life long before she took a Dream Tending class with Dr. Stephen Aizenstat at Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Carpinteria, CA. Inspired by both psychologically-based dream work and PGI’s foundation in Depth Psychology, she enrolled the following autumn and graduated in 2015 with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with Emphasis in Depth Psychology.

Ms. Flewelling is a therapist at Central Counseling Services in Riverside, CA, where she uses her training to work with individuals, children and teens, couples, and families, including the LGBTQIA community. She is a member of CAMFT, the American Association of Play Therapists, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). She also teaches creativity workshops based on Julia Cameron’s book, the Artist’s Way.

MAP

Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is a CAMFT Approved CEU Provider Agency  Provider # 62278

CEU Hours: This course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences

Certificates: Completion certificates will be awarded at the conclusion of the training and upon participant’s submission of his or her completed evaluation.

Refund Policy:  If a participant is unable to attend and notifies IE-CAMFT 24 hours in advance of the training, full reimbursement will be sent within ten (10) working days.

Grievance:  If any aspect of the training is not to the full satisfaction of any participant, please notify the coordinator, CEU committee chair, or another IE-CAMFT board member.  We hope to resolve any issue immediately on-site.  If not resolved, the full IE-CAMFT board will review and resolve the issue.

IE-CAMFT wishes all participants to have an excellent learning experience.  Please notify the coordinator or other board member if you need special accommodations.  If possible, call Garry Raley at (951) 640-5899 in advance