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Get to Know Dream Specialist
 Dr. Terri Collins

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Certified Dreamwork Professional and founder of Guiding Dreams. Guiding Dreams is a virtual dreamwork service designed to help individuals uncover unresolved issues by understanding the power of their dreams. My doctorate in health psychology and my extensive experience as a licensed professional therapist serve as the foundation of my work as a Certified Dreamwork Professional. This unique combination allows Guiding Dreams to bridge the gap between self-discovery and mental wellness. The ultimate goal is to help clients achieve personal growth and resolution.
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Please note that dreamwork IS NOT therapy and should not be a substitution for therapy. 
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I began working in banking when I graduated from undergrad with a bachelor's degree in psychology. During this time, I started exploring my interest in dreamwork after learning about dream interpretation from Gestalt, Jung, and Freud. After working in banking, I followed my dream to further my studies in psychology and became a Licensed Professional Counselor. Soon, I stopped working with bankers to work in corrections, providing mental health treatment in jails and prisons. Still following my dreams, I began to work on my doctorate in Health Psychology. My desire to use dreamwork and dreams to assist people in understanding their emotions and acknowledging aspects of my life increased.

In 2019, I became a Certified Dreamwork Professional, trained by the Institute for Dream Studies (IDS). I could use dreamwork to help empower people to use their dreams for personal growth. Through exploring their dreams, people can examine their unresolved issues and limiting beliefs and begin to change them to help them grow mentally and spiritually. The dreamer is the owner/ author of their dreams. Therefore, the dreamer has the key to understanding their dreams. When people understand the meaning of their dreams, they can begin to take action to change and grow personally. Your dreams can teach and guide you only if you know the meaning of the symbols/images presented in them.

I guide dreamers to identify the spectacular purpose of their dreams. Using a gentle approach, I will help you uncover the meaning of your dreams and implement what you learned into your waking life for personal growth. Dreamwork is not therapy or a substitution for therapy. If, through dreamwork, you uncover unresolved issues that you want to work on, I can refer you to a licensed therapist for treatment.

Does It Work

Individuals who interpret their dreams can uncover unresolved issues in their waking lives and understand the lifelong beliefs that are hindering them. Gestalt Theory suggests that when dreams are interpreted appropriately, the individual will begin to acknowledge and solve their unresolved issues. No matter how bizarre the dream, every image in one's dreams has a significant meaning. The dreamer can only define the image's meaning because the dreamer owns the dream. 

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