Working with Dreams & Nightmares with Leslie Ellis

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Dr. Leslie Ellis is a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (Routledge, 2019) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book.

She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, with a specialization in somatic approaches. Her dissertation on using focusing-oriented therapy to treat PTSD for refugees with recurrent nightmares won the Ernest Hartmann award from the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

In This Episode

• Leslie’s website

• A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy. Implementing Simple and Effective Dreamwork

• Leslie on episode 446 of the podcast

• International Association For The Study of Dreams

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