BT06 Short Course 21 - Carpe Nocturne: Reclaiming the Night - Deborah Beckman, MS

Description:

Dreaming is a vital, nightly function of the brain. Disturbing dreams or recurrent nightmares are frequent symptoms of an acute focus on unresolved conflicts and events. Clients can learn to reclaim comforting sleep even before the overt reasons for seeking therapy are directly addressed. The potential of individualized metaphors structured within lucid dreaming empowers clients to "seize" the night." Hypnotic techniques offer an intriguing path that bypasses a client's ingrained fear of "falling to sleep."

Educational Objectives:

1. To identify strategic criteria for applying the dream restructuring technique.
2. Given a trauma case, employ the dream restructuring techniques through an individualized metaphor.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*