The Exhausting Relationship Between Depression and Dreaming

As a psychotherapist, I am not the obvious first choice for someone suffering with depression. Psychology offers effective techniques, as well as a rebate, so it’s a solid place to start. The numerous depressed clients who have sought me out, however, are those who haven’t found relief in the mainstream frameworks, and have heard that … Read more

Emotional Pain is the Root Cause of Addiction

In a few years of working occasionally with addicted clients, some in denial about their addiction, I have never had success in tackling the addiction head-on. Compassionately following their pain, however, and supporting a person to be with their pain, has been excruciating enough to be powerful. Over time, often slowly, the need for numbing … Read more

Ramana Maharshi: “All That We See is a Dream…”

Ramana Maharshi: “All That We See is a Dream…”

Ramana Maharshi 1979 ~ 1950 India’s beloved Sage, Ramana Maharshi, the Buddha of Southerm India, would discuss the nature of dream- and waking-reality with his followers.  Ramana is one of my most valued teachers, and in January of 2012, I travelled to live at the foot of the sacred mountain where meditated and shared teachings … Read more

“Last night I dreamed of a hamburger, but it was eating me”

“Last night I dreamed of a hamburger, but it was eating me…”  “… It is an irony that so many people think that dreams are irrational and nonsense and yet accept as logical and sensible many of the crazy rules and behaviours that maintain our ailing world. But increasingly people have lost faith in the monster … Read more

When Hitler Visits

When Hitler Visits

“It’s not about massacre”, my friend reassures me, as Hitler strides towards me down a narrow corridor, “It’s about myth.” And then I wake up. A few hours later, I share my dream in a workshop with Margaret Bowater at Australia’s first conference on dreams.  Needless to say, the room falls silent. I’ve pulled the … Read more