Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I Program with Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D.

Interactive Online Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I Program with Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D.

November 3, 2023 – June 30, 2024

The Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I program is a transformational journey that invites you to explore the depths of your inner world and cultivate a profound relationship with your dreams. This program is designed to awaken your innate ability to access the wisdom and guidance that resides within your dreams, and to use these insights to deepen your understanding of yourself, your relationships, and your life path.

Led by Dr. Stephen Aizenstat and Mentors of Dream Tending, this program offers a supportive and creative space where you can engage in practices that cultivate your imagination, intuition, and emotional intelligence. Through a combination of experiential learning, group discussions, and individual reflection, you will learn how to honor the wisdom of your dreams and work with them as a source of guidance, inspiration, and healing.

The Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I program is structured around a series of four modules consisting of three days each. These modules will guide you through how to create a dream journal, establish effective dream practices, engage with nightmares in a constructive way, and explore the symbolism and meaning of your dreams. You will also discover how to use active imagination techniques to deepen your connection with your dreams and engage with them in a more embodied way.

As you progress through the program, you will have the opportunity to work with dream images and themes that are relevant to your personal and professional life. You will learn how to use these insights to gain clarity on your goals, develop new perspectives on your challenges, and cultivate a greater sense of self-awareness and self-compassion. Practicing clinicians will gain skills to support clients in working with nightmares and dream images.

At the end of the Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I program, you will receive a professional certificate and the option to purchase 40 continuing educational credits. You will have the opportunity to continue your learning journey through our advanced Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate II program, which builds off Certificate I and deepens your understanding through focusing on the wisdom and innate intellect within imagination and how to access it. For clinicians, creatives, and those in the healing arts, the Certificate II program invites you to discover the cutting-edge work of the Imagination Matrix. This method connects you to your innate genius. It is a proven way of accessing the multidimensional intelligence of imagination that can enrich your personal and professional life. Explore beyond you and your clients’ otherwise perceived limiting beliefs.

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To learn more about the Dream Tending Certificate program, please email Program@DreamTending.com and one of our Program Coordinators will get back to you shortly. Our Program Coordinators can schedule a meeting to discuss questions, program prices and payment plan options.

*Continuing Education Credit
40 continuing education credits are available for MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs through the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (provider #67021), for RNs through the California Board of Registered Nurses (provider #CEP 7177), and for psychologists through the California Psychological Association (PAC014). Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Full attendance at the program is required to receive a certificate. A $40 fee will be charged for each certificate requested.

Module One Learning Objectives:

1. Identify association and describe its importance in the Dream Tending process.
2. List two purposes for using association while working with a dream.
3. Identify amplification and describe its importance in the Dream Tending process.
4. List two purposes for using amplification while working with a dream.
5. Identify animation and describe its importance in the Dream Tending process.
6. List two purposes for using animation while working with a dream.
7. Identify one time the skills association, amplification, and animation were used in live Dream Tending demonstrations.
8. Create a dream journal (written or other form such as artistic, electronic, etc.) for use with personal dreams and image exploration.
9. Explain one way active imagination can be used in working with dream images.
10. Demonstrate use of a daily praxis working with dreams in which at least two Dream Tending techniques (association, amplification, animation) are incorporated.
11. Discuss two examples of current literature and research in the field of dreams and dream work.
12. Use association, amplification, and animation in at least three dyad or triad Dream Tending exercises.
13. Explain three ways Dream Tending differs from dream interpretation.
14. Compile a list of at least three significant dream figures from dreams.
15. Describe two methods for how to remember your dreams.

Module Two Learning Objectives:

1. Differentiate nightmare images from other dream images in at least two ways.
2. Describe three ways nightmare images can be considered the most alive dream images.
3. Identify one way a continued daily praxis enhances Dream Tending.
4. Differentiate nightmares from night terrors in two ways.
5. List one way nightmare images can mirror current mental health symptoms.
6. Describe at least one way to connect to core strength via somatic/grounding techniques.
7. Select and list three supportive figures that can be used during tending of nightmares.
8. Compare similarities and differences between the Dream Tending methodology and Hillman’s method of working with dreams.
9. Explain the connection between psychopathology and nightmares.
10. List at least four of the steps in working with nightmares.
11. Identify a supportive dream figure that has a protective quality.
12. Describe the psycho-diagnostic qualities of nightmares.
13. Explain two ways to work with a threatening animal dream image.
14. Demonstrate one way that the personal unconscious and collective unconscious intersect in relation to nightmares.
15. Discuss at least three examples of current literature and research in the field of nightmares and dream work.

Module Three Learning Objectives:

1. Describe three characteristics of a personal dream council.
2. List two benefits (either physical or psychological) of using a dream council.
3. Identify three personal dream council figures.
4. Identify the definition of the anima mundi, also known as “the soul in and of the world.”
5. Explain two connections between the World’s Soul and night-time dreams.
6. Discuss at least three examples of current literature and research in the field of ecopsychology/nature and dream work.
7. Explain the difference between tending a personal dream and tending the world’s dream.
8. Identify at least two personal shadow figures.
9. Identify at least two collective shadow figures.
10. Explain the role of shadow figures in dream council, personal psyche, and the world’s dream using one example for each.
11. Create a dream council and describe at least two of its members.
12. List three strengths of archetypal activism and its use in tending to the World’s Dream.
13. Describe one example of archetypal activism in contemporary Western culture.
14. Explain two ways archetypal activism can help with interacting with shadow figures.
15. Predict two ways a personal Dream Tending practice can contribute to healing the World’s Soul.

Module Four Learning Objectives:

1. List two ways that “dreaming the world forward” on a collective level also impacts personal sense of purpose.
2. List one way that “dreaming the world forward” relates to community and planet.
3. Describe two uses of dream images as medicines.
4. Explain two ways dream images can represent psyche and soma (mind/body).
5. Identify one way dream images can be categorized as healing.
6. Explain at least two ways images and body symptoms can be correlated.
7. Describe how Dream Tending methods of association, amplification, and animation can be used to work with addictive syndromes.
8. Describe how Dream Tending methods of association, amplification, and animation can be used to work with chronic illnesses.
9. Identify the “wounded image” and give two examples of a wounded image from lectures and live demonstrations.
10. Discuss at least three examples of current literature and research in the field of healing and dream work.
11. Assess two benefits of Dream Tending methods as an adjunctive treatment modality.
12. Assess two limitations of Dream Tending methods as an adjunctive treatment modality.
13. Describe three characteristics of an Asclepion temple in ancient times.
14. Identify and compare an ancient literal Asclepion temple to a modern, metaphorical Asclepion temple.
15. Identify the scope of practice and personally reflect on your individual scope of competency when conducting Dream Tending sessions.

Continuing Education Credit

This program meets the qualifications for 40 hours of continuing education credit for Psychologists through the California Psychological Association (PAC014) Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists.  Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  Full attendance is required to receive a certificate.

This course meets the qualifications for 40 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (#60721) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs.  Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.  Full attendance is required to obtain a certificate.

For Registered Nurses through the California Board of Registered Nurses, this conference meets qualifications of 40 hours of continuing education credit are available for RNs through the California Board of Registered Nurses (provider #CEP 7177).  Full attendance is required to obtain a certificate.

Pacifica Graduate Institute is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs.  Pacifica Graduate Institute maintains responsibility for each program and its content.  Full day attendance is required to receive a certificate.

Continuing Education Goal.  Pacifica Graduate Institute is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.  Course completion certificates will be awarded at the conclusion of the training and upon participant’s submission of his or her completed evaluation.

CECs and Online Program Attendance: Participants requesting Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Online programs must attend all live sessions (offered via Zoom) in order to receive CECs. Please make sure that your Zoom account name matches the name of the attendee requesting CECs.

Dream Tending Program Cost

Application Fee: $25 non refundable

Program Fee

General Rate starts at $3980

Reduced Rates available for:

• Senior Citizens (65+)
• Military
• Pacifica Graduate Alum
• Students currently enrolled in an accredited degree program

Payment Options

Payment in full at the time of registration

Enroll in a payment plan

$500 Deposit – Remaining balance divided into 4 equal payments

Grants

The mission of our grant program is to extend accessibility of Dream Tending to those committed to learning the Dream Tending method who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Grants are awarded based on factors such as financial need, unique life circumstances and community-based involvement. Please reach out to our program coordinator at programs@dreamtending.com, to receive more information on how to apply.

Location

All Modules will be held online via Zoom.

Cancellations

Cancellations 21 days or more prior to the program start date receive a 100% refund of program registrations. After 21 days, no refund is available, but the balance will be transferred to a future program.