The rise of dream therapy
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.’ So said Freud in 1899 as the world was about to tip over into the dream obsessed twentieth century and its many decades of tortured introspection. For years, Freud has been roundly discredited. But it seems that, even if
How a dream coach helped put the unconscious on screen
Kim Gillingham explains how her work on The Power of the Dog enabled the ‘lioness of an artist’ and her ‘translucent’ star to access their inmost drives. To access his dreams the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí napped while sitting on a chair, holding keys over an upturned metal plate. After he lost consciousness, the keys
Why Everyone in Hollywood Is Doing Dream Work
The Power of the Dog director Jane Campion said it was instrumental to making her film, and everyone from Sandra Oh to Bill Pullman claims to practice it. But what is dream work, exactly? To find out, we turned to a dream coach named Kim Gillingham—and tried it for ourselves. Back in October, I was at a press conference following
When Work Invades Your Sleep Through Your Dreams
We dream about what preoccupies us, and during the pandemic things got weird. You’re giving a presentation—without any pants. The plane to your business trip is taxiing away as you run for the gate. And what’s the boss from your first job doing here? Don’t worry, it was just a dream. And you’re not alone. A lot of people