The Unveil Podcast A Clinician's Guide to Dreams, Nightmares, using Dreams for Somatic Awareness and Processing - and Working Deeply with our Dream Selves - with Dr Leslie Ellis - Episode #74
Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC, is a registered clinical counsellor, teacher and author who lives and works in beautiful Deep Cove, British Columbia.
Leslie has in-depth, specialized training in focusing-oriented therapy, and is expert in its use for treatment of trauma.
A specialist in somatic approaches to therapy, Leslie has studied somatic experiencing, the Hakomi method, and psoma yoga. She has developed a method of embodied, experiential dream work which combines focusing with Jungian active imagination techniques.
Dr. Leslie Ellis is a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (Routledge, 2019) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, with a specialization in somatic approaches. Her dissertation on using focusing-oriented therapy to treat PTSD for refugees with recurrent nightmares won the Ernest Hartmann award from the International Association for the Study of Dreams.
In today’s episode we discuss all of these topics, and more, including:
- The nature of dreams - what are they, and why do we have them
- How to work with and through dreams
- How to remember dreams
- Jungian dream assessment
- The Focusing method and approach for trauma work
- Somatic dream work
- Tips for people who “don’t dream” - or don’t remember their dreams
- Nightmares - what they are and how to work with them
Discover more about Leslie here: https://drleslieellis.com/the-author/
Get Leslie’s book from the publisher: https://www.routledge.com/A-Clinicians-Guide-to-Dream-Therapy-Implementing-Simple-and-Effective/Ellis/p/book/9780367029159