Foundations in Dream Studies

Level 1 Foundations in Dream StudiesJames Rutnam2021-09-14T21:26:51+00:00

Level 1

Foundations in Dream Studies

Pre-requisites: No previous coursework is required. Acceptance is based on the application process and interview. (For more details, and to view and complete the application, click here.)

Areas of Study Include:

Understanding the Meaning and Messages of Our Dreams
Accessing Emotional Insight and Emotional Healing Through Dreamwork
Dreamwork Basics: Dream Recall, Dream Journaling, and The Language of Dreams
Understanding and Working with Nightmares, Recurring, and Transpersonal Dreams
Personal and Collective History of Dreams and Dreaming

Graduates of Level 1:

Eligible to graduate to Level 2 Courses
Become Dream Circle Members of IDS
Receive discounts of 10% on selected IDS workshops, courses, and products (excluding Levels 2 & 3 Dream Certification Courses).

Turn Your Passion for Dreams into a
Professional Path

We offer distance learning on an intimate scale. Our online courses allow busy professionals and active adults to achieve their educational goals while working from home. We’re only human – and always human. We never lose touch with the fact that dreaming is highly personal and that the nature of dreamwork is to help us connect with ourselves, one another and our world. Toward that end we keep class sizes small, and offer classes in real-time led by real teachers. Our courses also feature multiple opportunities for students to connect with faculty and with one another.

Many people refer to finding meaning of dreams as dream interpretation. Generally the word interpretation infers that one person tells the dreamer specifically what their dream means. Dreamwork is the process of working together – the dreamer and the dreamworker– to find meaning. My belief is that the meaning of the dream is unique in many ways to the individual who dreams the dream and that the dreamer is the only one who can effectively interpret his/her dream. I do not interpret the dream for the dreamer, but instead guide the dreamer in finding his/her personal meaning for life, leading to authenticity and individuation.

Level 1