Exploring the Imagination Matrix

November 15 – 17, 2024

The interactive program will occur online.

This program offers an introduction to Dr. Stephen Aizenstat’s pioneering work on the Imagination Matrix and its connection to Dream Tending. This program invites you into a time of creative incubation—a space to imagine, innovate, and tend to dreams as gateways into deep imagination. The experience will be both deeply personal and community-centered, as participants explore the vast universe of dreamtime together.

Over the course of three days, you’ll engage with mentors in an interactive online environment, with a special focus on building and deepening our Dream Tending community. Community connection will be a central theme, providing support as we explore the creative sparks, confront challenges, and embrace the love that emerges from the realms of dreams and deep imagination.

At the conclusion of the program, you will have the option to purchase 12 continuing education credits. Whether you’re a clinician, creative, dreamer, or healing arts practitioner, this program introduces cutting-edge techniques of the Imagination Matrix, connecting you to your innate genius and enhancing both your personal and professional life.

Concepts Covered

 

  1. This session reviews Dream Tending’s fundamental skills: association, amplification, animation and extends to the methods of illumination
  2. Learn how dreams open portals to the deep imagination
  3. Participants will experience an introduction to The Dig, Dream Tending’s approach to journeying into and within deep imagination – the matrix of imagination.
  4. Learn the practices of Illumination and Transmutation:  Illuminating supportive dream figures and transmuting challenging dream figures.
  5. Constructing an inner Council of Soul Companions to Journey with through the realms of Deep Imagination
  6. Learn advanced methods of creating the “stop” and befriending ally figures to face intolerable images within deep imagination.
  7. Apply the skill of illumination in working with images within the Imagination Matrix.
  8. Articulate and demonstrate Dream Tending’s Healing System rooted in the generative powers of deep imagination – the matrix of imagination.
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Schedule

November 15 – 17, 2024

Interactive program hosted by Dr. Stephen Aizenstat

To learn more about the program, please email Program@DreamTending.com, and one of our Program Coordinators will get back to you shortly.

Friday, November 15th

  • 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM: Lecture “Animation to Illumination; Dreams as Portals”
  • 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM: Live demonstration using Dream Tending’s method of Association, Amplification and Illumination
  • 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Dyad and small group practice. Review of reading.

This course will be held online.

Saturday, November 16th

  • 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM: Lecture “The skill of illumination and healing powers within”
  • 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Live demonstration using Dream Tending’s method of illumination in relation to releasing the healing power within dreams
  • 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM: Lecture “‘The Dig’ and how it relates to Jung’s Red Book”
  • 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM: Dyad and small group practice. Review Readings and closing

This course will be held online.

Sunday, November 17th

  • 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM: Lecture “Dream Images in Imaginal Space”
  • 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM: Live demonstration using Dream Tending’s method of The Imagination Matrix to access deep imagination
  • 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM: Dyad and small group practice and closing

This course will be held online.

Earn 12 Continuing Education Credits

12 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 Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss one way the skill of illumination expands the Dream Tending method.
  2. Describe tone characteristic from the skills-sets animation and illumination.
  3. List one difference between the skills of animation and illumination.
  4. Explain one way Dream Tending’s tool of “The Dig” is a method for accessing deep imagination.
  5. List one way the skill of illumination was used in a live dream demonstration.
  6. Explain one way dream images provide portals to deep imagination.
  7. Create an example of how your daily praxis will incorporate illumination and “The Dig.”
  8. Describe one way the process of illumination can be used in working with intolerable images.
  9. Describe a benefit of using ally figures within one’s dream council to support working with intolerable images.
  10. Explain one way intolerable images can impact “The Dig.”
  11. List two benefits of guided imagination
  12. Describe one way physical healing can potentially take place when working with deep imagination.
  13. Describe one advantage of using imagination as a healthy healing modality
  14. Describe one limitation of using imagination as a healthy healing modality

Schedule a time to talk

To learn more about the program, please email Program@DreamTending.com or call (805) 680-3774 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.

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

Schedule a Time to Talk

To learn more about the Dream Tending program, please email Program@DreamTending.com or call (805) 680-3774 to discuss questions, program price, and payment plan options. One of our Program Coordinators will get back to you shortly.

*Continuing Education Credits
12 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.

Continuing Education Credit Details

This program meets the qualifications for 12 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 12 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 12 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.

Module Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss one way the skill of illumination expands the Dream Tending method.
  2. Describe tone characteristic from the skills-sets animation and illumination.
  3. List one difference between the skills of animation and illumination.
  4. Explain one way Dream Tending’s tool of “The Dig” is a method for accessing deep imagination.
  5. List one way the skill of illumination was used in a live dream demonstration.
  6. Explain one way dream images provide portals to deep imagination.
  7. Create an example of how your daily praxis will incorporate illumination and “The Dig.”
  8. Describe one way the process of illumination can be used in working with intolerable images.
  9. Describe a benefit of using ally figures within one’s dream council to support working with intolerable images.
  10. Explain one way intolerable images can impact “The Dig.”
  11. List two benefits of guided imagination
  12. Describe one way physical healing can potentially take place when working with deep imagination.
  13. Describe one advantage of using imagination as a healthy healing modality

Enroll Today
To enroll and secure your place, we encourage you to call or write the Program Coordinator, now in order to explore enrollment options.  Please email programs@DreamTending.com, or call (805) 680-3774.

Schedule a Time to Talk
Please feel free to schedule a time the Program Coordinator by email with any questions at programs@DreamTending.com or call (805) 680-3774.

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

Deposits and full tuition payments made towards Dream Tending Programs can be refunded 21 days prior to the start of the program. After that, any payments made can be put towards future Dream Tending programs. Dream Tending reserves the right to cancel any program or expel participants at any time. In the case of an unforeseen canceled program, you will be refunded in full. In the case of program expulsion, possible refunds will be examined on a case by case basis.

Refund Policy

Refunds will be given 21 days prior to the start of the program. After that, any payments made can be put towards future Dream Tending programs. No transfers will be given after the start date of a Program.

Confidentiality

The Dream Tending and Deep Imagination program is a professional training program offered under the auspices of the Continuing Education Program of Pacifica Graduate Institute. Participants are encouraged to present material from their personal dreams for discussion during seminar sessions with the understanding that the ensuing dreamwork is part of an educational opportunity. The Program is not psychotherapy and will not provide the “container” of the therapeutic consulting room. Thus, there is no legally protected confidentiality for a “psychotherapist-client” communication. Although the presenter is a Clinical Psychologist and licensed psychotherapist, he will be working as seminar leader and instructor in this training program. While there will be a continuing relationship among the participants over the nine months of the seminar series, the focus of this experience is educational rather than therapeutic. Participants will want to keep this in mind in deciding what to share during seminar sessions.

As a part of this training, seminar participants will work with their own and each others’ dreams in meetings of the entire group as well as during triad and small group sessions. Triad and small group sessions have their own confidentiality, and participants must reach a mutual agreement before sharing material from these smaller meetings in the general sessions of the entire group. What participants share and learn from each other must remain within their agreed upon limits of confidentiality and does not fall under the responsibility or liability of Dream Tending.

Seminar participants who wish to include case material from their clinical practices in this training program may do so. If you choose to do this, you must present the material in a manner which obscures the client’s identity and otherwise preserves the client’s confidentiality rights.

Disability Support

It is the goal of Dream Tending to make programs and experiences accessible to all members of the community. It is the participant’s responsibility to contact Program@DreamTending.com directly if accommodations are desired. Each person, disability, and situation is unique, so needs will be considered individually.

All reading materials in the Dream Tending program are formatted to be compatible with read-aloud programs.

Anti-Discrimination Policy

Dream Tending will not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender, race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age or other prohibited basis. Dream Tending does not require attendees to adhere to any particular religion or creed in order to participate in its programs.

Grievances

We want to ensure your experience in the Dream Tending programs is educational and enjoyable. The Dream Tending Program Coordinators will respond to complaints in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner when submitted by program attendees in writing to Program@DreamTending.com or call (805) 680-3774.

FAQs

Who can I contact with any questions?

Please get in touch with a Dream Tending Program Coordinator at Program@DreamTending.com or call (805) 680-3774.