Illuminated Encounters

If you are stuck, drifting in a flat or colorless daily life or have a sense that there’s something more that you just can’t quite grasp, you're not alone. Or maybe you have an active internal life: your dreams seem alive, you have had past psychedelic experiences that were full of vitality and are wanting to increase those experiences in your day-to-day life. If either of these experiences land for you, I'm glad you're here. Together, we can help you to…
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• Create a bridge between the vibrancy of your imaginal world and the waking world
• Experience a profound relationship with imaginal figures
• Create a renewed sense of aliveness in every-day life

If you experience disturbing, recurring dreams, nightmares, or daydreams we can work together to:

• Set boundaries with imaginal figures
• Unlock new meaning from the nightmares, thereby de-escalating the disturbance and fear
• Re-experience the figures from a safe distance, and watch them tranform from frightening to ally

If you struggle with dream recall, we can help you to build the capacity to remember your dreams, and/or explore your daydreams/imaginal encounters while awake.

"To tend a dream is not to interpret a dream, nor is it to really analyze a dream, but to be present with a dream, to allow the dream itself to open, to reveal, to come to life, so that the images themselves can come forward, take shape, have body, move in their activity and to present the knowledge, and the wisdom, and the teachings that are inherent to each of these characters, or motifs that are located in the dream."  

Stephen Aizenstat, PhD.

Dream and Imagination sessions are guided via the Dream Tending approach (developed by Stephen Aizenstat, PhD) with Focusing (developed by Eugene Gendlin, PhD.) and other somatic-oriented approaches woven in as well. They are also grounded in a weight-inclusive perspective.
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In Dream Tending, the work is not so much to analyze a dream or mine it for meaning (though often deep meaning emerges on its own) as to walk all the way around it, discovering as we do the ways a dream’s details relate to the details of our lives. We form relationships with, and learn from, the figures and landscapes of our dreams, bringing them into the present and listening for what they have to teach us. Even the nightmarish, the horrific figures have something to share. In Dream Tending we host these images, with safety and support, in order to learn from them.
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In Dream and Imagination sessions, the Dream Tending skillset can be applied to all manner of imaginal encounters: dreams, reverie, daydreams, and psychedelic experiences (note: Brandy does not offer psychedelic-assisted therapy or journeying; rather Dream and Imagination sessions can be useful in integrating past psychedelic experiences).

Current group and workshop offerings

Dream Assemblage, a monthly online dream space meets the second Thursday of each month (you are encouraged to but do not have to come every month!). We gather in virtual community for 90 minutes to explore dream or waking images within a group container. This is a great opportunity to experience the power of Dream Tending for the first (or fourtieth!) time.
Please visit the Groups & Workshops page for more information or sign up here for November.

Individual sessions

WHAT TO EXPECT: The initial dream and imagination session is 90 minutes, provided virtually. Follow-up sessions are 60 minutes. The cost is $120 for the initial 90-minute session and $90 for follow-up/additional 60-minute sessions. Dreamers can expect to be guided through a dream or image they bring to session and to leave with a way to ‘dream the dream forward’ via a home practice. Dreamers will receive one follow-up email approximately a week following the session. Dreamwork is best done in 2 or more sessions, but standalone sessions can be scheduled.

Dream and Imagination sessions are not clinical, meaning they are not meant as a substitute or replacement for therapy services. They can be a helpful adjunct to the work you are already doing with a qualified therapist. If you are looking for dream-focused therapy, please review the description and schedule here. Dream work sessions are not available to former or current clients.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Before our first session, please read and sign the consent form. This form goes over the terms and conditions, as well was what to expect of our time together. This form must be completed before our session.
‍DREAM & IMAGINATION SESSIONS CONSENT FORM

Feel free to email me with any questions you may have.