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Working Deeply with the Psyche
Working Deeply with the Psyche
What are your dreams trying to tell you?
What are your dreams trying to tell you?
A psychotherapy-informed morning that takes your dream life seriously. Drawing on Jungian depth psychology, somatic practice, and the world's oldest tradition of collective dream work, we'll help you listen — really listen — to what your inner world is saying.
Depth psychology
Somatic & embodiment
Jungian parts work
Creative arts
Small group
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↗What to expect →
DURATION Half day — 4 hours
GROUP SIZE 8 people max
FORMAT In person
EXPERIENCE NEEDED None — just a dream
WHY DREAMS
Dreams are not noise.
Dreams are not noise.
They are signals.
They are signals.
Long before therapy had a name, human communities gathered to share their dreams. In Aboriginal Australia, the Iroquois nation, the ancient Egyptians, and countless other traditions, dreaming was understood not as a private mystery but as a collective resource — a thread connecting the individual to something larger.
Jung called dreams "the royal road to the unconscious." Modern neuroscience agrees that dreaming is one of the brain's most sophisticated meaning-making processes. And yet most of us wake up, check our phones, and let that intelligence dissolve with the morning light.
"The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the psyche." — C.G. Jung
This workshop invites you to open that door — gently, curiously, and in good company.
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
Not just talking about dreams.
Not just talking about dreams.
Inhabiting them.
Inhabiting them.
Most approaches to dream work stay in the head — analysis, interpretation, meaning-making as an intellectual exercise. This workshop goes further. Informed by the latest thinking in somatic therapy, parts work, and trauma-informed practice, we work with the whole person: mind, body, and imagination.
◎ Collective witnessing
Drawing on the Robert Hoss dream group method, the group becomes a mirror — reflecting back associations you couldn't reach alone.
◈ Parts & depth work
Jungian theory and IFS-informed approaches help you meet the figures in your dreams not as symbols to decode but as parts of yourself with something to say.
◇ Somatic embodiment
You'll sculpt, draw, move, and embody your dream figure — because the body often knows what the mind is still catching up to.
○ Nervous system aware
Facilitators are trained in trauma-informed practice. This is a slow, spacious, and safe container — never pressured or performative.
THE SHAPE OF THE MORNING
Four hours, one dream,
Four hours, one dream,
many discoveries.
many discoveries.
Each part of the morning builds gently on the last.
WHO THIS IS FOR
You don't need to be a therapist.
You don't need to be a therapist.
You just need to be curious.
You just need to be curious.
This workshop is open to anyone — whether you've been in therapy for years or you've never thought about your inner life in a structured way. All you need is a dream you'd like to explore. We work in a small group of eight, so there's genuine space and attention for each person.
It may be particularly nourishing if you're in a period of transition, if you've been feeling like something is trying to get your attention, or if you simply want a different kind of morning than your usual Saturday.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
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PREVIOUS PARTICIPAN
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PREVIOUS PARTICIPANT
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PREVIOUS PARTICIPANT
Your dreams have been patient.
Your dreams have been patient.
Now it's your turn.
Now it's your turn.
Eight places. One morning. A conversation with a part of yourself you don't often get to hear.
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Places fill quickly. No prior experience needed — just bring a dream.
Coming Up
Awake In The Natural World
Sunday 17th October
10:00-16:00
In a spacious meadow near Bungay, Suffolk.
No experience necessary. Everyone is welcome. Booking essential, spaces limited.
£45 Early Bird (before 1st October)
Full rate £60 - Concession £30
“Rob and Sebastiana led ... us into a deeper awareness of ourselves through being present and alive to the natural world. A nourishing oasis in a busy life!"
Using our popular and powerful combination of Ecotherapy and Mindfulness practices you will have an opportunity to deepen and develop your connection to yourself and the natural world. Settling your mind and opening up your senses will allow you to be guided by the natural world in autumn, receiving insights and discovering new ways of being. We will hold space to nourish what most needs attention in your life, whilst attuning to what the natural world may be asking of us.
We will be outdoors, sitting round the fire or if it is raining under a shelter. The day will include walking meditations, sit spots, awakening senses practices and other experiential ecotherapy and mindfulness exercises, as well as time for sharing in the group and digesting experiences through creativity (creative writing, image making).
The meadow we will be on has compost loos and running water. Parking is available and lift share will be organised if necessary. More information on booking.
“Robert and Sebastiana led us by the hand into a different way of thinking and being...”
In case of extreme weather we will postpone.
Wise Nature - Mindfulness and Ecotherapy Retreat 2021 near Aylsham, North Norfolk
Wise Nature - Mindfulness and Ecotherapy Retreat 2021 near Aylsham, North Norfolk
30th July – 1st August
or 30th July – 4th August
Camp on site or sleep at home.
When we are quiet and let our mind settle, and consciously spend time with nature, a sense of ease and wellbeing emerges.
Come and spend a weekend or 5 days on a beautiful meadow in North Norfolk with ancient trees and woodland.
In this safely held space we will:
Practise mindfulness and self-compassion to ease our minds
Engage in Ecotherapy activities to enhance and clarify our connection with ourselves, each other and the more-than-human world.
Share with each other to deepen our experience of community
Use creativity to explore and expand our understanding of our experience
Basic Schedule:
Friday evening:
Arrive 5 pm to set up tent if camping
Dinner: 6-6:30 Evening Session: 7-9 pm.
Daily Schedule:
Mindfulness in Nature Sessions: 9:30-12:30 and 3:30-6.
Optional after dinner opportunities- Sauna, time around the fire, music and dance, etc. depending on the evening.
Guest Teacher Katy Dunne
Monday 2nd, 10-12 noon - (like all sessions on the retreat, this session is optional)
Dance Artist and Dance Movement Psychotherapist Katy Dunne will facilitate a two hour workshop involving movement meditations, improvisation, authentic movement and creative dance. She will guide us to immerse ourselves in the more-than-human world and to be inspired by its form, shape, sounds, scents, textures and rhythms. As we move in and with the natural world, we will deepen our connection to it, to each other and to our authentic selves. No movement experience is necessary.
Facilities: There is a large rustic workshop space with a wood-burner where we can be if it is raining. We can also enjoy the lovely compost loos, hot showers and a sauna.
There is plenty of space for camping.
Busses are available to Aylsham and we can organise a lift from there.
Food: Participants are asked to bring their own food for breakfast and lunch. Those that decide to camp will share dinner together and cook on the open fire.
Options for stay and retreat:
Arrive from 5-6:30pm Friday 30th July and leave on afternoon Sunday 1st August
Weekend retreat- Early bird-£75; After 20th June- £90
Plus: Camping £5 per night; £5 per dinner
Or sleep at home.
Arrive from 5-6:30pm Friday 30th July and leave on afternoon Wednesday 4th August
5 day retreat : Early bird-£175; After 20th June- £200
Plus: Camping £5 per night; £5 per dinner
Or sleep at home.
Email: robertblackcounselling@gmail.com
Robert and Sebastiana (www.sebastianablack.co.uk) are both trained counsellors and ecotherapists, as well as mindfulness and self-compassion teachers. They both use expressive arts when working in nature to deepen our participation. Robert has a keen interest in bird watching and plants, and will guide us to notice the soundscapes around us. Sebastiana will engage us in a more embodied relating with the natural world, using movement and voice, opening our sensitivity to both the inner and outer landscapes. Robert runs Active Hope courses and both he and Sebastiana are eager to support earth stewardship wherever possible.
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