Social Dreaming is a way of working with dreams in a communal setting, developed by Gordon Lawrence and others at the Tavistock Institute in the 1980’s. In a matrix, we meet with a specific task: to share dreams and our associations to them, making links where possible. The focus is not on what dreams mean for the dreamer, but on our responses to the dreams we share – a process which enables us to pool our creative resources in an imaginative way. A period of reflection, after the matrix has closed, enables us to identify emerging themes, relating these to the context in which we meet and the wider zeitgeist.
After the workshop we will have a short break, followed by a presentation by Freud Museum Research Manager Tom DeRose, and Freud Museum Curator Vanessa Boni focussing on the place of dream interpretation in Freud's development of psychoanalysis, and the role of dreams in art with particular reference to our current exhibition, The Sight of Something.
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Speakers:
Angela Eden works as an Organisational Consultant, across the public, commercial and 3rd sector, with individuals, teams and groups. She is active in Social Dreaming as a host and trainer, as well a practicing artist linking the social to the unconscious. She designs and runs workshops and publishes papers, around her special interests with leadership, organisational power, conflict resolution and diversity from her consultancy practice ‘Eden Evolution’, https://www.edenevolution.co.uk/index.html
Laurie Slade is a member of the Guild of Psychotherapists, and the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy. He practiced for 30 years as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and continues to act as a creative consultant. He has been involved in social dreaming since 2001, hosting sessions in a variety of settings, in the UK and internationally. He co-founded the Queer Social Dreaming Matrix, running since 2016, a monthly open access meeting in London for sexual minorities. Published papers include: Social dreaming for a Queer culture (in Self & Society - 2005); Image to gesture – Social dreaming with student theatre directors (in The Creativity of Social Dreaming – 2010); Renewing the Land – the Dreaming Mind in Community (in Social Dreaming – Philosophy, Practice, Theory and Research - 2019); Perspectives on the Shadow through social dreaming (in Jung's Shadow Concept - the hidden light and dark within ourselves - 2023).
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Tickets: £35
Freud Museum Members and Patrons receive 20% off the standard ticket price on all events, courses, conferences and On Demand programming.
A limited number of £20 bursary tickets are available for those under financial hardship. Priority will be given to UK unemployed and PIP/ESA claimants. Please email perry@freud.org.uk to apply for a bursary.
The purpose of this event is to raise funds for the Freud Museum London, which receives no regular Government income. We are grateful to you for supporting our independent museum as generously as possible.
The event will be held on the first floor of the Museum during regular opening hours. Unfortunately the Freud Museum does not have step-free access at this time. Advance booking is highly recommended as capacity is limited.
