Online Dream Workshop

What to Expect

There is no prior experience necessary to join. This group will help you gain a deeper understanding of your dreams while enhancing your self-awareness. In addition to working on dreams (every member will have an opportunity to bring forth their dream), we will also engage in brief meditations and discussions of dream related themes.

A Bit of History

Literal invites you to bring your dreams and explore them as the purest form of psyche’s expression. The most formal methods of dream analysis began in the medical field back in the 1900’s with Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and father of psychoanalysis. However, the work of dreams has developed since from multiple disciplines. In this dream circle, we will base our theory from Jungian narratives which not only view dreams as a direct line to the unconscious, but also connect them to our personal symbology. Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, would argue that all of psyche’s symbols are branches of collective archetypes, blueprints that Jung designated as the primordial psychological instincts. Within this perspective, dreams go far beyond being random movies that play in our brains at night; rather, they speak to us of an emotional reality that coexists with conscious living. Some would even claim that the inner world that dreams point us to feels far more real than the physical dimension we wake up in every day. Whether it be a feeling of curiosity, a yearning to go deeper or a pull towards greater self-awareness, we open our doors for you to find something new, something different and just maybe, something important.

Your facilitator

Lorís Simón experienced her first encounters with dream analysis over 20 years ago. Since then, she has attended multiple intensives and trainings on depth psychology, sand tray therapy and dream tending. Today, Lorís works as a Jungian oriented psychotherapist in Houston, TX. She has been a contributor of Literal for over 10 years as a writer as well as director of Literal’s visual media engagements, such as Literally Short International Film Festival and Literally Everything podcast. With Literal as a producer, Lorís wrote and directed the award-winning documentary Ensoulment: A Diverse Analysis of the Feminine in Western Culture in 2013. She later published the anthology Ensoulment (2016) with Chiron Publications. Lorís’ latest work leans into men’s issues after the publication of her master’s thesis The Inner Life of Men (2022) as well as topics on mid life.

Pricing

$240 Dlls for 8 sessions

(or $120 monthly)

Dates and Times

Every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT 

January 15 – March 12, 2025 (no class on February 12)

Registration

• In hopes of creating a close and personable group, there will be a limit of 8 participants.
• If this is your first time attending a Literal workshop, please contact Lorís Simón simonloris@outlook.com for a quick and friendly introduction & discussion on expectations.

Disclaimer: Dream work can evoke emotional topics that may be difficult to work through without proper support. Since this workshop does not attempt to replace a therapeutic space, we recommend having additional therapeutic support outside of this group.

Posted: January 3, 2024 at 8:01 am