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

(Limited Space Available)
The Certificate program will occur online and on the *Pacifica Lambert Campus

The Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I Program is a limited-enrollment program that takes place over four, three-day sessions. The four courses reflect the multiple dimensions of psychic life and the dream. Learning in dream theory and methodology is both content based and experiential. Much of the learning will also take place in the dimension of dream life that is sensitive to aesthetic perceiving, poetic imagining, shamanic intuiting, and the art of not-knowing. The Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I program offers Continuing Education Credits. Enrollment is limited.

Apply Today

To learn more about the Dream Tending Certificate programs, please contact Heidi at Heidi@dreamtending.com and schedule a phone call or Zoom video meeting to discuss questions, program price, and payment plan options.
Limited spaces are available on a first-come first serve basis. 

You may email your application to heidi@dreamtending.com with the responses to the following questions:

Application Questions

1. Please provide the number and type of Dr. Stephen Aizenstat’s Dream Tending and/or related programs you have attended.

2. Please share your present life situation in relation to undertaking an advanced intensive in Dream Tending.

3. Please provide a self-evaluation of your current skill level in relation to dreamwork.

Course Schedule

November 1, 2021 – July 20, 2022

Course One

The Living Image—Tool Set
Essential skills and methods of understanding and tending Dreams

Monday, November 1 – Wednesday, November 3, 2021
This course will take place in an online format.

Course Two

Nightmares—Tending the Intolerable Image
A practical approach to discovering the healing possibilities existing in nightmarish images of dreams

Monday, February 7 – Wednesday, February 9, 2022
This course will take place in an online format.

Course Three

The World’s Dream—Advanced Methods of Animation 
In these uncertain times, filled with both destructive and generative impulses, a way of listening to the psyche of World speak through the figures of dreams

Monday, April 11 – Wednesday, April 13, 2022
This course may be simulcast online and on campus.

Course Four

Medicines of the Soul—Dream Healing Practices
An actual experience in a Healing Sanctuary of Dreams to learn about the healing power of dreams in relation to physical illness

Monday, August 1 – Wednesday, August 3, 2022
This course may be simulcast online and on campus.

Continuing Education Credit

76 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 $25 fee will be charged for each certificate requested.

Open House Replay

Meet Dr. Stephen Aizenstat


Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., is the Founder of Dream Tending, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and Academy of Imaginal Arts and Sciences. He is a world-renowned Professor of Depth Psychology, an imagination specialist, and innovator. He has served as an organizational consultant to major companies, institutions, Hollywood films, and has lectured extensively in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He is affiliated with the Earth Charter International project through the United Nations where he has spoken. He has collaborated with many notable masters in the field including Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, Marion Woodman, and Robert Johnson.

General Information

Apply Today
To APPLY AND secure your place, we encourage you to call or write Heidi Townshend, the Program Director now in order to explore enrollment options.  Please email heidi@dreamtending.com, call 805-770-0192.

Please email your application to heidi@dreamtending.com with the responses to the following questions:

Application Questions

  1. Please provide the number and type of Dr. Stephen Aizenstat’s Dream Tending and/or related programs you have attended.
  2. Please share your present life situation in relation to undertaking an advanced intensive in Dream Tending.
  3. Please provide a self-evaluation of your current skill level in relation to dreamwork.

*Continuing Education Credit
76 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 $25 fee will be charged for each certificate requested.

Payment Plans Available
Please contact heidi@dreamtending.com regarding payment plans.

Fees
The tuition for the Dream Tending Certificate program includes instruction and selected reading material.

Scholarships
A limited number of partial scholarships are available to those who find it prohibitive to pay the full cost of the seminar. To apply, send a letter of request explaining the situation with your application. Please be specific regarding your financial circumstances.

Program Cancellation
To obtain a refund on your registration fee, send a written cancellation request postmarked no later than September 7, 2021. A refund, less a $100 administrative fee, will be provided until September 7, 2021. No refunds for tuition will be issued after September 7, 2021 and credits will be provided for future programs.

Location

Use of Pacifica Graduate Institute Lambert campus is pending on Pacifica’s campus reopening plans.