 The International Association for the Study of Dreams is pleased to announce our 29th Annual International Conference - this 4 1/2 day event on the San Francisco Bay, is open to the public and features three world-renowned keynote speakers, over 160 presenters, panelists and workshop leaders from around the globe and offers a chance to network or relax at the many evening receptions and social events including the dream art exhibition, the costume Dream Ball, the annual Dream Telepathy Contest, and a sunset sail on the “sea of dreams” - a special dessert cruise of the San Francisco Bay. Go to www.asdreams.org/2012 and click on the Program menu for more information on the program and presentations, the venue and surrounding area, and to register. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 1, 2012
The Venue
The Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center at the Berkeley Marina is located on San Francisco Bay with sweeping views of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. The hotel offers a pool, sauna, fitness center and waterfront restaurant offering fine dining cuisine. It is surrounded by a marina area with three waterfront restaurants, a fishing pier, and two waterfront wildlife sanctuaries that offer nature trails, hiking, bird-watching, kite flying and spectacular views of the Bay and Berkeley Hills.
The Program
The conference offers something for everyone with Morning Dream Groups and sessions organized in tracks around the following disciplines and themes: Dream Research and Theory; Clinical Practices; Dreamworking Practices; Spiritual and Religious; Arts and Humanities; Cultural and Anthropological; Extraordinary, PSI and Lucidity; and Education. Meet and network with world-famous authors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, artists, educators, parapsychologists, and researchers and make personal and professional connections. Up to 25 CE credits will be offered for selected conference events. IASD is approved by the APA to sponsor continuing education (CE) for psychologists. IASD maintains responsibility for the program and its contents.
Our keynotes include: Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. aka Dr. Quantum™, “The Dreaming ‘I’ in Universe.” Fred is a world-renowned physicist, writer and lecturer who also conducts research on the relationship of quantum physics to consciousness. He is the author of 13 books and 3 CD courses. Patricia Garfield, Ph.D., “Dream Amulets Around the World: Ancient and Modern.” Patricia is a pioneer and renowned expert in the study of dreams and is a prize-winning author of eleven books on dreams. Her first bestseller, Creative Dreaming (1974) is considered a classic. Tracey Kahan, Ph.D.,, “Self-reflective Consciousness in Dreaming: An Adaptive Edge?” Research conducted by Dr. Kahan and her colleagues has shown that waking and dreaming, especially REM dreaming, are more similar than different.
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Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. aka Dr. Quantum™
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Patricia Garfield, Ph.D.
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Tracey Kahan, Ph.D.
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In addition, we are showcasing three feature presentations: John Beebe, M.D. “A Typology of the Shadow in Dreams.” John is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst in private practice in San Francisco, past President of the Jung Institute of San Francisco, and author of Integrity in Depth. Dawson Church, Ph.D./CEHP, “Processing Fear in Repetitive Dreams with the Dream to Freedom Technique.” Dawson is executive director of the Soul Medicine Institute, president of the Energy Psychology Press and editor of the Energy Psychology journal. He founded the Iraq Vets Stress Project and has authored nine books, including The Genie in Your Genes. Meredith Sabini, M.S., Ph.D., “The Objective Dimension in Dreams and Dreaming,” a joint event with John Beebe. Meredith has been a licensed psychologist since 1972, and is a dream specialist and the founder/director of The Dream Institute of Northern California. She is a widely published author and writes a column for DreamTime magazine.
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John Beebe, M.D
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Dawson Church, Ph.D./CEHP
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Meredith Sabini, M.S., Ph.D
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Mailing Address:
International Association for the Study of Dreams
1672 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
US
Contact Name: IASD Office
Telephone Number: 1- (209) 724-0889
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