Dream Wisdom Coaching

Karen Boileau, M.Ed.
www.DreamWisdomCoaching.com
karen@dreamwisdomcoaching.com
952.920.9063

I want to know for what a man is preparing himself. That is what I read out of his dreams.*
— Jung

International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD)

www.ASDreams.org
IASD Central Office
1672 University Avenue
Berkeley, California 94703

Operations Director: Richard Wilkerson
Tel./Fax: 1-209-724-0889
e-mail: office@asdreams.org

  • The International Association for the Study of Dreams sponsors an annual conference for researchers and for dreamers from all walks of life, and from all over the world.
  • The conference, which offers up information and fun in equal measure, features workshops on every conceivable subject related to sleep and dreaming.
  • At the ASD website, you will find the answers to questions such as: What do dreams about weddings mean? How is depression shown in dreams? Which medications decrease restorative Stage 4 sleep? And there’s more. ASD annual dream conferences are held in stunning locales and attract fun-loving, international dreamworkers, researchers, and authors.

The IASD website provides an extensive book list. For example:

  • Gayle Delaney — Breakthrough Dreaming; The Dream Kit
  • Savary, Berne & Williams — Dreams and Spiritual Growth
  • Patricia Garfield — Creative Dreaming; The Universal Dream Key
  • Anne Sayre Wiseman — Nightmare Help (for children & adults)
  • Alan Siegal — Dreams That Can Change Your Life
  • Montague Ullman — Dreamwork
  • Jeremy Taylor — Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill
  • Wanda Burch — She Who Dreams
  • Robert Bosnak — A Little Course In Dreams

Dream Books and Articles
www.ASDreams.org/links.htm

Discussion Group Archive
www.asdreams.org/journal/index.htm

ASD Discussion Bulletin Board
http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm

ASD Dreamers Newsletter
http://www.asdreams.org/asd-arts/index.htm

Dream Multi-Media — See the ASD Art Gallery:
www.ASDreams.org

Nightmares
www.asdreams.org/nightmares.htm

European Association for the Study of Dreams
www.oniros.fr/home.html

Dream Network Journal
dreamnetwork.net

SAMPLE WORKSHOPS FROM THE 12th ANNUAL IASD CONFERENCE

Working with Dream Body-Maps
Dreaming as a Spiritual Practice
Confronting the Dream Enemy

The Stuff of Love: Dreams in Relationships
Dreamwork in the Jewish Mythical Tradition
Working with Color in Your Dreams

Archetypal Structures of Theater
Treatment of Chronic Nightmares
Patterns of Dreaming: A Video Illustration

Dreams and the Evolution of the Mind
Shamanic Dreaming: Journeying and Tracking
Dreams and Puppets

Collage Techniques for a Visual Journal
Training Counselors about Nightlife
The Dreamer’s Self as Reflected in Characters

Recovery from Grief and Trauma
The Power of Poetry in Metaphor and Dreams
Dream Choreography Workshop

Hidden gifts and Open Secrets
Teaching Dreamwork
Clean Language in Dream Work

PANELS, SYMPOSIA, AND FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS

Can Dreams Predict the Future?
Exploring Graduate Education in Dream Studies
Teaching a College Level Course on Sleep and Dreams

The Therapeutic Use of Dreams
Day Residues in the Laboratory
Dreams of the Divine: The Cultural Roots of Dreaming

Boundary Crossing: Interdisciplinary
EEG as a Tool in Research on Dreaming
Changes in the Sense of Self during Dreaming
Varieties of Spiritual Dream Experience

GENERAL EVENTS

Dimensions of Lucidity
Dream Memoirs
Dream Telepathy Contest

Dream Messages from the Dead
Healing Dreams and the Landscape
A Musical Exploration of Dreams

Short Videos
Anna O’s Dream Museum
Visual Dream Journals and Paintings
Cancer Patients

PAPER SESSIONS

Cultural Boundaries and Differences in Dream Experiences
Bodily Changes Reflected in Dream Imagery
Personality, Psychopathology, and Differences in Dream Cognition

Personal Empowerment through Dreams
Computer Enhancements of Dreamwork and Dream Networks
Dreams and Racism

Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Lucid Dreaming
Nightmares: Transitions, trauma, and treatment
Echoes and Correspondences: Paranormal Possibilities

Relations Between Waking Events and Dream Content
Personal, Existential, and Spiritual Dream Dynamics
Gender Dilemmas and Gender Identity in Dreams

Dream Function and Dream Effects
Interpersonal and Temporal Expansions of Dream Consciousness
The Organizing Rhythms of Stage REM Neurophysiology

Shifts in Perspective Through Courses on Dreaming
Hot Off the Press

ART EVENTS

ASD Annual Art Exhibition; Museum of Modern Art Guided Tour; Theatre of Dreams

ADDRESSES

Dreams, Extended Family Systems, and African Unconscious
Dreams and Planetary Culture: Crossing the Barriers
Dreams and the Self of the Therapist

Dreams and the Politics of Connectedness
The Dreaming Mind
Sleep States and Memory: Implications for Dreaming

Writers Dreaming