Chapter 15, “Working with Dreams and Other Non-Ordinary States,” explores gestalt dream work, breathwork, and psychedelic integration. Dream work is the most common non-ordinary state, and by bringing a dream to life in the here and now, we can create space for a client to become each element of the dream. This is a deeply integrative approach to working with dreams that can reveal a client&s;s...
Chapter 2, “Understanding Levels of Awareness,” outlines the four levels of awareness and how they relate to what is present in a session. Ordinary awareness is our normal waking consciousness that includes the ego, personality, id, and acquired ideas about how we should be. Subtle awareness is the direct experience of the here and now, characterized by the ability to sense, perceive, and...