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Layne Dalfen

Dream Interpreter

Layne Dalfen is a dream interpreter based in Montreal, Canada. Layne founded The Dream Interpretation Center in 1997. She studied at the Gestalt Counseling and Training Center and Adlerian Principles of Dream Analysis at the Alfred Adler Institute. Layne has been teaching dream analysis to the Counselling students at Concordia University in Montreal since 2004. She developed a 6-Point of Entry method anyone can use to better understand their dreams. She is the author of two books, Have A Great Dream, Book 1; The Overview and Have A Great Dream, Book 2; A Deeper Discussion. She writes the Understanding Dreams column at Psychology Today and is known at OprahDaily.com as the Dream Catcher. She also recently consulted with PIXAR on the movie Dream Productions, which is streaming on Disney Plus. Layne offers Dreaminar® lectures/workshops with corporations and libraries. If you understand the conversation that is the dream, you can propel your problem-solving skills.

Education

  • Gestalt Counselor, Gestalt Counseling and Training Center, Montreal, Canada

Professional Achievements

  • Writes a column at Psychology Today titled, Understanding Dreams
  • Known at Oprah Daily for her Dream Catcher column
  • Consulted with PIXAR on the movie Dream Productions, which is streaming on Disney+
  • Spoke for IKEA to help launch their SleepEasy store in SOHO, NYC
  • Helped Snapchat introduce their dream selfies
  • Appeared on over 250 podcasts, radio, and television appearances, both in the US and Canada, including, to name a few, CBS, FOX, Global TV, and Breakfast Television
  • Consulted and written exclusively for over 50 magazines, including Poosh, Oprah, Cosmopolitan, Romper, Refinery 29, The Cut, Brides, Huffington Post, Forbes, and The Knot

Certifications & Organizations

  • Member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) since 1997
  • On the Board of Directors for IASD, 2007 to 2010
  • Hosted the 25th-annual Conference for IASD in Montreal in 2008

Favorite Piece of Advice

At the first level, every dream is an interior, problem-solving conversation triggered by a very recent, very specific, waking situation you are trying to come to a conclusion about. The solution to the issue appears in the dream before you get it consciously. Said simply, understanding your dreams helps you propel your problem-solving!

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Forum Comments (2)

Strange Goat Encounters: A Week of Unexplained Signs
Our dreams can mean multiple things, but the first thing I would want to ask you is, what are the first three things that come to your mind when you think about a goat? If I was a little girl and I have no idea what a goat even is, how would you describe a goat to me? That's what I would ask the dreamer. And that would be a symbolism point of entry into what your dreams and encounters have meant. That's how you work with a symbol. You ask yourself, what are the first two or three things that come to my mind when I think about that person, place or thing? What comes to your mind about a goat? You might be preoccupied with associations that goats hold for you in your own life. But the fact that other people in your office or friends of yours are all of a sudden talking about goats? That's called ESP.
Is it normal to have a dream about someone I've never met?
In our dreams, we are often problem solving things in our lives on a deeper level. You can absolutely have someone appear in your dreams that you have not met before, and then a week later you might run into somebody who really is that person–that's called ESP. And we have ESP. That ESP creeps in and you actually see the face of a person that you haven't even met yet, and you're going to meet them in two weeks. It happens all the time.

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