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Dreamwork has a rich and diverse history that spans across cultures and time. Throughout history, dreams have been revered, interpreted, and utilized for various purposes. In this beautiful certificate program, you will acquire knowledge of different dream traditions – such as Aesculapian, embodiment, Jungian, shamanistic and eastern traditions. Further you will learn dreamwork theory, skills and tools that you can apply in your professional life as well as for personal use. The program combines theory with practice and aims at enriching your personal journey with dreams and development and your professional work with clients as well as.
The aim of this certificate program is to become a Dreamwork Practitioner. At the end of this program, you will be able to apply dreamwork insights from traditions around the globe, work with your own dreams more deeply, and facilitate dreamwork sessions with others.
This program is a good fit for a therapist, counselor, or coach who wants to add dreamwork to your professional toolkit. Also, if you are interested in your own dreams and you want to deepen your connection to the dream world, this program aligns with your aspirations.
Upon completion, you will be equipped with knowledge of important dreamwork traditions. The profound insights from these traditions, the depth-psychological perspective and applying best practices to your circumstances, is what makes this program unique.
This program pays special attention to the dreamworkers themselves. You are the conduit for connecting waking and dreaming reality. To be fluent in your dreamwork with others requires relational skills, knowing how to handle interpersonal dynamics, as well as mediating between this world and the other world. Your own personal development is key in this process.
Dreamwork requires skills for being with the dream, engaging with it, and developing a meaningful relationship to it. This certificate program focuses on the skills and offers tools to help you become effective in dreamwork.
Guided by the wisdom of Machiel Klerk, you will cultivate the skills and tools necessary to connect with the world of dreams. Psychotherapist and Dreamworker Machiel Klerk’s book ‘Dream Guidance’ was published by HayHouse in 2022, and ever since he’s been a regular international speaker about dreams. Machiel also founded the Jung Society of Utah and the Jung Platform, based on a nighttime dream.
5 hours
Oct 8, 2024, Nov 12, 2024,
Dec 10, 202, Jan 14,2025,
Feb 11,2025, March 11, 2025,
April 8, 2025, May 6, 2025,
June 10, 2025
8am PT - 1pm PT / 11am ET - 4pm ET
What you will receive
Access to your own Jung Platform account where all the content you've purchased will be stored.
Access to your own Jung Platform account where all the content you've purchased will be stored.
Course Description
Day 1 Introduction to dreamwork
On the first day, our primary aim is to establish connections within the group and foster a sense of camaraderie. We’ll begin with exploring the concept of dreams. What is a dream? It is not merely fleeting images, but immersive worlds where one’s awareness is engaged—an experiential journey. Dreams are not ephemeral; they coexist with our waking reality, offering an alternate realm of existence that’s accessible within our own world.
Day 2 Dreamwork traditions: Jungian approach
The special focus of this class is on the Jungian approach. Key concepts of Jungian dreamwork are discussed. Among the topics of this class: symbolic reading of dreams, exploration of the amplification technique, subjective and objective level in dreams, and personal and collective themes.
Day 3 Dreamwork traditions: the Aesculapian tradition
Dreamwork has flourished across diverse cultures and continents. We’ll explore various traditions in this course. In this class, we’ll have a look at ancient dreamwork traditions, including the esteemed Aesculapian tradition. This class focuses on the ancient practice of dream incubation and the art of dream healing.
Day 4 Dream Embodiment
Embodied imagination, is an experiential method of engaging with dreams and imagination. In this technique the body is also used as a way to feel into the states of consciousness in the dream. This technique is conceptualized by Robert Bosnak. It integrates the body, mind, and imagination. Rooted in Jungian psychology and influenced by somatic practices, embodied imagination is a technique that is about the embodiment of dream images or figures. Engagement with the states of consciousness in the dream is how the dreamer connects with the imaginal realm.
Day 5 Dreamwork and the shamanistic perspective
On this day we will journey into the Other Worlds. We will explore the basic shamanic worldview, especially through African traditions. We will notice the role of ancestors and spirit guides in these traditions, and the importance of having a living relationship with them. As well as the deeply life affirming worldview that underlies the shamanic perspective. We will explore the importance of rituals and you will learn how to prescribe a ritual. And we will learn how to engage with the dream figures through Jung’s most important contribution to psychology, Active Imagination.
Day 6 Facilitating dreamwork
The dreamworker is the focus of this class. What does it mean to be a dreamworker? What is required in terms of thinking, attitude and skills to do dreamwork with others?
Dream practitioners require a range of skills for effective dreamwork. These include active listening, fostering a supportive environment for dream exploration. Also proficiency in dreamwork tools, and psychological/interpersonal skills are needed. By honing these skills, dream practitioners facilitate dreamwork, guiding individuals on journeys of living a life in touch with soul.
Day 7 Lucid dreaming & Eastern traditions
In the seventh class of this course, we’re exploring lucid dreaming; being aware while in the dream state. Lucid dreaming offers space for exploration, co-creation, play with, healing in the dream. Lucid awareness allows for profound exploration of the dreamworld and its close relationship to the waking world.
Class 8 Unus Mundus
The concept of Unus Mundus (one world) suggests the existence of a unified underlying reality that transcends the duality of the physical and spiritual realms. This idea of Unus Mundus underscores the notion that everything is interconnected and part of a larger underlying reality. This class explores the implications of this concept, and how it translates to our ways of being in the waking and dreaming world.
Class 9 The dreamers’ goodbye
On this last day, it’s time to say goodbye, reflecting on the course’s end and new beginnings ahead. We will be envisioning our future paths (manifestation exercise), befriending our dreams as companions on our path. Also we will take time to celebrate our achievements in a certificate ceremony.
This certificate program is ideal if
- You are interested in dreams, and want to expand your dreamwork skills
- You wish to apply dreamwork skills in your current practice
- You have a desire to become a dreamwork practitioner, and see clients
- You wish to expand your range of dreamwork skills, tools and techniques (for your own dreams as well as those of others)
By the end of this course, you will be able to
- Establish a deep and meaningful connection to the world of dreams.
- Apply several tools and techniques from diverse dreamwork traditions
- Function as a conduit for connection to the world of dreams
- Reflect on your dreamwork practitioner skills and take responsibility for your own personal and professional development
How you will benefit
- Enhance your connection to the world of dreams
- Establish deep and meaningful relationships with other like-minded dream enthusiasts
- Gain deeper understanding of your dreams
- Be inspired in your personal and spiritual development
- Foster your creative and problem solving capacities
- Expand your capacity to be present and aware (lucid)