Dreamwork

Dreams can be mysterious, beautiful, unsettling, humorous, or profoundly moving. They often speak in images and emotions rather than clear explanations, inviting us into a deeper relationship with ourselves.

My approach to dreamwork is experiential. Rather than analysing dreams from the outside or interpreting them according to a fixed system, we explore them together from within.

In this approach, we don’t see a dream as a puzzle to be solved, but rather a living experience that can be revisited with curiosity, imagination, and compassion.

Through gentle exploration of the dream’s images, emotions, and bodily felt-sense, new meanings often emerge naturally—meanings that are personal, surprising, and deeply relevant to the dreamer’s life.

An introduction to Dreamwork

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What is a session like?

A session begins with you sharing a dream or fragment of a dream that feels meaningful or alive.

Together, we may:

— explore objects, people or images that generate a sense of safety and support;

— revisit particular images or moments in the dream;

— notice emotions or bodily sensations that arise;

— explore the atmosphere or felt quality of the dream;

— enter into dialogue with dream figures or places;

— embody objects or characters for a different perspective;

— allow associations, memories, and meanings to unfold organically.

There is no need to have a dramatic or “important” dream. Even simple dreams – even fragments of dreams – can open unexpected doors.

I do not claim to know what your dream means.

Instead, I help create a space in which the dream can reveal something of itself.

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An example

Imagine someone brings the following dream:

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‘I am standing outside a door. I try to open it, but something is pushing from the other side. I know that it a ghost.‘

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Rather than asking, “What does the ghost behind the door symbolise?”, we might slow down and ask:

— What do I notice elsewhere in the dream that feels helpful or supportive to me?

— What does it feel like to stand in front of this door?

— What kind of fear is present?

— What is the quality of the resistance that I feel?

— Is there curiosity alongside the fear?

— How might I converse with the ghost?

As we stay with the experience, sensations, memories, emotions, or new understandings may arise.

By the end of the session, the dream has not been “explained.” Instead, it has become more alive and more deeply connected to the dreamer’s own experience.

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My background

My approach draws upon:

— Experiential Dreamwork

— Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy

— Mindfulness and contemplative practice

I have found that dreams often meet us with remarkable intelligence and creativity when approached with patience and openness.

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Dream-inspired artwork

Dreams are not only explored through words.

Many of my own dreams have found expression through drawing and painting. These images are not illustrations of dream “meanings,” but attempts to remain in dialogue with the dream—to honour its atmosphere, mystery, and emotional truth. You can look through them on the Images page.

Dream Journals

I have kept a dream journal for many years. Again and again, I am struck by how dreams surprise me—how they reveal forgotten feelings, offer unexpected perspectives, and invite me into a more compassionate relationship with myself.

My hope is to help others cultivate that same sense of curiosity and wonder.

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I offer dreamwork sessions online and in person in Chiang Mai.

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