Do the Dreamwork: Talks about Dreams

Explore the lost art of dreamwork from a historical, theoretical and practical lens.

17.09.2024, 18.30-19.30 Uhr: Dream Theory and Meaning-Making (Part 1)
The great depth psychologists of the 20th century like Freud and Jung opened up the complexity of dreamwork to the modern mind. When taken too literally and with too much emphasis, dream theory can seem like an ivory tower reserved only for the most serious intellectuals. This does not have to be the way.

This talk takes a closer look at how theory helps us make meaning out of our dreams. Making meaning is the goal of dreamwork. Bring your dreams and your conversation!

29.10.2024, 18.30-19.30 Uhr: The Art of Dreamwork is for Everyone (Part 2)
Over 100 years after Freud and Jung gave the world their seminal ideas about how to analyze dreams, we are still learning the most effective methods for learning how to do dreamwork.

This talk will focus on a few practical methods for exploring the art of dreamwork. How do we develop a dreamwork practice? What are the most important parts of our dreams? What do we do with our dreams? Bring your dreams and your conversation!

28.11.2024, 18.30-19.30 Uhr: An Open discussion about the Art of Dreamwork (Part 3)
One of the most important aspects of the art of dreamwork is being open to what comes to us in our explorations. This means keeping an honest filter on our often over-analytical desire to make perfect sense of our dreams, as if they were machines. Dreams are not machines. Dreams have a narrative structure.

With the final talk in the series, let's see what kind of story we can tell each other about what we've learned. Bring your dreams and your conversation.

These talks are hosted by Nick Paul Smith, a Jungian Analyst-in-Training at ISAP Zurich (International School of Analytical Psychology) with offices in Zug and Zurich.