Live, interactive, online workshops with
Linda Mastrangelo, Justina Lasley & Guest Speakers
and the Institute for Dream Studies
Enjoy the creativity and wisdom of your dreaming mind, and give yourself the gift of meaning.
Explore your dreams with a community of dreamers from around the world.
Upcoming Events:
CEUs available
CE Provider: Institute for Dream Studies
IDS is recognized by the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (SCLLR) to offer continuing education credits to counselors, marriage and family therapists and psycho-educational specialists. Students throughout the US have been successful in using our credits, but we would encourage each participant to check with one’s regional or professional organization, as regulations vary.
CEUs available
CE Provider: Institute for Dream Studies
IDS is recognized by the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (SCLLR) to offer continuing education credits to counselors, marriage and family therapists and psycho-educational specialists. Students throughout the US have been successful in using our credits, but we would encourage each participant to check with one’s regional or professional organization, as regulations vary.
“Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.”
— Dean Inge
One of the most profound—and certainly most tragic—human experiences is witnessing the death of a loved one. While the knowledge of our mortality is a collective reality, the grieving process itself is deeply personal, as unique as a fingerprint.
Yet across cultures and centuries, many grieving individuals share certain universal experiences. One of the most compelling of these is the dream. Like Orpheus’s haunting descent into the underworld in search of his beloved Eurydice, the bereaved often embark on a sacred inner journey—one that can be powerfully mapped through dreams.
This presentation explores dreams of the bereaved and the grieving process through the lens of Alan Wolfelt’s Six Mourning Needs and the concept of grief as initiation. Drawing on dream research, case studies, and personal reflection, the presentation will examine several types of bereavement dreams, including visitation, archetypal, and nightmares.
In this presentation, you will:
- Identify common types of bereavement dreams and explain how they relate to the stages of grief.
- Explore psychological and emotional reasons why bereaved individuals dream of the deceased.
- Examine how dreams can foster healing, meaning-making, and hope during the grieving process.
- Apply practical tools and interventions for working therapeutically with bereaved individuals around their dreams.
- Participate in experiential dream activities and interactive Q&A discussions.
Although this course is designed for mental health professionals, hospice nurses and social workers, caregivers, chaplains, and end of life/death doulas working with grief and loss, all are welcome to attend.
Finding Meaning and Guidance in Your Dreams
April 18 – May 10, 2026 • Online Course
CEU’s Available!
Are you using the incredible wisdom, creativity and insight available to you each night? In this experiential DreamSynergy™ workshop, Justina Lasley personally guides you through practical exercises for understanding the meaning of your dreams so that you develop skills for becoming your own dream counselor. You may watch videos and ask Justina questions to fit your schedule.
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ANCESTRAL DREAMING:
Three Perspectives
April 17, 2026 • Online Course
2.5 CEU’s Available!
Dreams have long been a doorway between worlds—a place where memory, spirit, and lineage meet. In this experiential workshop, we explore dreaming as a living relationship with our ancestors, both known and unknown.
Together, we’ll learn how ancestral presence can emerge through dreams, symbols, and night visions, offering guidance, healing, and connection across time. Through gentle ritual, guided reflection, and dream-sharing practices, participants will be invited to deepen their relationship with their own ancestral line while honoring cultural diversity and personal boundaries.
This workshop welcomes all backgrounds and belief systems. You do not need to know your ancestry or have vivid dreams to participate—only curiosity and respect for the wisdom that moves through us.
Participants will leave with practical tools for ancestral dreamwork, including dream incubation practices, journaling prompts, and ways to listen more closely to the messages that arrive while we sleep.
IDS Certification Course
Great News!
New IDS Certification Course Begins September 2026
Now Open for Applications
Follow your dreams with us into your future!
