Online Class: Dream Interpretation 101

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Course Description
That mysterious world we drift into and through, when we sleep, is bound by neither time nor space. It is a land where the impossible becomes possible, and the nonsensical appears completely plausible and practical.
IT IS THE LAND OF DREAMS that has neither boundaries nor limitations -- a land where you can, and do, achieve whatever you aim for.
BUT as with any other land you need to be able to understand, to be able to speak the language' and that is what this course is all about.
We do not claim to cover everything you will want or need to know -- that would be impossible to do and misleading to claim. But after completing the course you will most certainly have the knowledge to make basic sense of your dreams and the ability to begin interpreting them correctly. Fluency will come to you with time, experience and a broadening of your skills.
There is so much more we would have liked to include but the contents will most certainly ignite the torches within that will illuminate the way for you.
Course Motivation
The Role of Dreaming
Many people seriously downplay the important role that dreaming plays in our lives -- be it in the area of health, growth, or personal development. And regardless of whether we remember our dreams, they do play a crucial role, both consciously and subconsciously.
One might say we sleep in order to dream.
It was during the 1950s when scientists first discovered that dreaming nearly always happens within the crucial Rapid Eye Movement (REM) segment of the sleep cycle. While the average adult spends approximately two hours in the REM cycle of sleep each night, infants spend much more time, mainly because that cycle of sleep stimulates the areas of the brain connected to learning and development.
If people are deprived of REM sleep, the effects are swift and debilitating. Within a few days, a REM-deprived person will become anxious, depressed, irritable, and even nauseous. So, regardless of whether we remember our dreams, they play a crucial role in our health and well-being -- physical, emotional, and mental.
Some scientific research has shown that in the later stages of development, an unborn child exhibits signs of REM activity in the womb, supporting the suggestion that dreaming is linked with both human growth and development. Among the many benefits of REM sleep is its association with increased production of proteins, which is extremely important to mental development, and is directly connected to the actual learning of certain skills.
The Value of Dreams
Dreams enable people to see the world with new eyes, as the vistas of dream consciousness pay no heed to the usual awake rules of space and time. There is no one way to regard dreams, or to interpret them. If you are committed to exploring your dreams, you will remember them, and they will most certainly help you. But you must be committed and dedicated to seeing and recalling your dreams, before you can hope to interpret them properly.
Without commitment, all explorations, techniques and interpretations are worth little.
Though it will require an investment of your time -- and some effort -- to become properly conversant in the language of dreams, you will find it worth so much more than the investment you have made.
You will discover that your dreams are a constant source of insight for your inner growth and development, and are constantly available to you as a useful step in the healing process.
During our waking hours our conscious minds are very much in control, but when we sleep, the unconscious mind takes over and we enter the world of dreams with all its visual imagery, symbols, and the use of many different types of metaphors.
While we will cover different themes, symbols, and approaches in the various lessons of this course, to truly understand and benefit from our dreams, we need to remember and listen to them with our hearts, rather than just our heads.
The best news for us all is that our dream worlds do not exist outside of ourselves, but are deep within ourselves. Therefore, they are accessible at all times, to be tapped into and utilized for any purpose we see fit.
Our dream worlds are regarded as products of our unconscious minds -- that level of the psyche within which impulses are held in a subdued state. You need to keep in mind that in comparison to the relatively small proportion of things of which we are aware, the unconscious mind is a massive warehouse of memories, dreams, and reflections -- both personal and transpersonal.
Strangely, even though people all over the world have been interested for many years in entering and inducing the dream state, few cultures have had techniques for actually recalling dreams.
Being able to remember dreams (and therefore the messages they contain) is very important -- as dreams are the conduit through which unconscious material is delivered to us from the depths of our minds. Dreams are a way for us all to gain much greater self-knowledge.
Dreams raise our conscious awareness, enabling us to become much wiser and smarter.
Dreams, which were, for many years (or many hundreds of years), seen as messages from the gods or other independent bodies, outside of ourselves, must now, by necessity, be seen as messages from within ourselves.
All we need to be able to do is interpret the language!
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs

Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Why We All Dream -- and Why We Should
Lesson 1 Video
Lesson discussions: Dream Interpetation Course; Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete Assignment: An Introduction
Assessment: Lesson 1 Why we all dream and why we should
Lesson 2: Dreaming Through History
Lesson 2 Video
Assessment: Lesson 2 Dreaming through history
Lesson 3: Freud/Jung/Perls
Lesson 3 Video
Assessment: Lesson 3 Freud/Jung/Perls
Lesson 4: Dream State, Levels, and Logic
Lesson 4 Video
Lesson discussions: Dreams
Assessment: Lesson 4 Dream states, levels and logic
Lesson 5: Dreams Across the Cultural Divide
Lesson 5 Video
Assessment: Lesson 5 Dream across the cultural divide
Lesson 6: Your Own Dream Lexicon
Lesson 6 Video
Complete: Lesson 6 Assignment
Assessment: Lesson 6 Your own dream lexicon
Lesson 7: Dream Symbols
Lesson 7 Video
Assessment: Lesson 7 Dream Symbols
Lesson 8: Dreaming About
Lesson 8 Video
Complete: Lesson 8 Assignment
Assessment: Lesson 8 Dreaming about
Lesson 9: Analyzing and Interpreting Your Dreams
Lesson 9 Video
Lesson discussions: Dream Journal
Complete: Lesson 9 Assignment
Assessment: Lesson 9 Analyzing and Interpreting your dreams
Lesson 10: An Eclectic Approach to Dream Interpretation
Lesson 10 Video
Complete: Lesson 10 Assignment
Assessment: Lesson 10 An eclectic approach to dream interpretation
Lesson 11: Dreaming Creatively
Lesson 11 Video
Lesson discussions: Let us know what you think of this course; Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course); Course Comments
Assessment: Lesson 11 Dreaming creatively
Assessment: The Final Exam
Learning Outcomes
- Summarize why we dream and why we should dream.
- Summarize the interpretations of dreams throughout history.
- Compare and contrast the views of dreams by Freud, Jung, and Perls.
- Describe the Dream State.
- Compare and contrast dreams of different cultures.
- Identify your own dream lexicon.
- Identify and describe dream symbols.
- Analyze and interpret your dreams.
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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Student Testimonials
- "I found out how little I knew about dreams and how to interpret them. I now know more about the symbolism of the recurrent dream I have had for years." -- Judith J.
- "I absolutely loved this course! The lessons and assignment are very challenging and it definitely taught me how to to open my mind. Thank you!" -- Jessica F.
- "As a beginner who has been keeping a dream journal for over 20 years, I found this course extremely helpful and informative. The quizzes were essential and not as easy as one would expect. The writing exercises allowed me to put the lessons to practice, and I made connections that I knew I could make, but didn't have the proper tools until I took this course. It was just enough." -- Camika S.
- "Thank you for the great course, very interesting and educational." -- Melanie S.
- "This course was very concise and helpful. I learned a lot more than I thought I would." -- Racheal L.
- "A great course and an excellent, knowledgeable instructor." -- Joe L.
- "Overall I had a fantastic experience with this course and learned even more than I expected too! I have a much broader understanding of dream interpretation now. I appreciated that the course included a wide range of topics and the information was thorough." -- Amy C.
- "I found everything flowing and interesting." -- Roshan M.
- "All lessons have something to offer me personally, so all were very helpful especially lesson 11 in Dream Incubation." -- Emmanuel O.
- "I think this has been a wonderful experience and I liked my instructor and course so much I didn't want it to end. I thought the instructor was amazing." -- Debra H.
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