Psychoanalysis, Dreams & Dreamers In The Torah
Online (Live & Recorded)
September 18
October 9, 23, 30
10:00am-12pm PST
8 Continuing Education Credits
“A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read” ”
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There are a number of famous dreams and dreamers in the book of Genesis. We will explore them from different psychoanalytic perspectives including Freud, Rabbinic attitudes towards the meaning of dreams, and other psychoanalytic approaches. This course will offer some context as to the place of dreams in Jewish thought, the extensive discussion of dreams in the Talmud and the role of dreams in psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis and Torah are not terms that often appear in the same sentence, yet they are very similar in their methods of interpretation, inquiry and analysis. Freud identified a specific method of interpretation and inquiry to create meaning with patients in psychoanalysis. This method has many parallels with the ancient way of studying biblical text as it is a continuation of the ancient interpretive approach.
This course offers the opportunity to read four well-known classic Biblical stories about dreams in the Book of Genesis in a completely different way. Our methods of discussion and study are influenced by contemporary psychoanalytic theories of the human experience and the ancient Midrash tradition. We will be examining words, gaps, repetitions, and inconsistencies to uncover hidden meanings, perhaps repressed meanings, in the Biblical narrative. We will thus broaden our perceptions of the multiple meanings of these timeless stories embedded in the text waiting to be revealed.
In studying classic biblical dream stories in this way, we will follow the ancient method of group study. This type of analysis is a relational engagement. According to ancient thought, “meaning” is an act of co-creation whether it be reader and text, or student and teacher. Contemporary psychoanalysis also recognizes “meaning” as co-created, between analyst and patient. Using both the ancient and modern psychoanalytic interpretive methods, this course will reveal new meanings in the narratives that relate to our modern world and human condition.
Who Is This For?
- Those interested in psychology in Biblical stories.
- Those with an interest in dreams and dream interpretation
- World and life-learners
- Those with an interest in depth psychology
- Psychotherapists
- Mental health professionals
- Those with an interest in ancient stories and wisdom
- Those with an interest in spiritual growth
- Those with an interest in psychoanalysis
- Those with an interest in archetypal stories
- Those interested in Torah / Old Testament
*No prior experience or knowledge required!
Facilitator
Dr. Leslee Brown, PhD
Dr. Brown is President and Director of Mind Body Passport Inc. designing and leading international trips for adult professionals, offering continuing education credits worldwide. Dr. Brown's interests are multi-faceted, engaging topics of psychology, culture, art, psychoanalysis, and social dreaming. She is passionate about weaving many disciplines and interests together and creating an atmosphere of growth and learning. Travel opens one’s mind and creates change bringing new perspectives on living life. She also served as The Director of International Seminars and Gastprofessor at Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. International psychology and developing “psychologists without borders” has become her focus. Dr. Brown has been in private practice for over twenty years, has been a research psychologist for The Neurologic Institute, and has served on faculty at UCLA Medical School teaching psychology and rapport building techniques to medical students. Dr. Brown was also an Assistant professor at The Chicago School and Director of Centers for International Studies. Leslee lives and works between Los Angeles and Paris.
Lecturer
Libby Henik LCSW
Libby Henik, LCSW has lectured, and presented papers on the bi-directional influence of psychoanalysis and Jewish thought in examining Biblical text. Together with Dr. Lewis Aron, she has co-edited two books: Answering A Question With A Question: Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Jewish Thought, and, Answering A Question With A Question. Vol. II, Traditions of Inquiry. She is currently working on her third volume.
Ms. Henik is a graduate of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work of the Yeshiva University and a graduate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis of the Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Center. She also holds a Master of Arts in Hebrew Literature from Hunter College. Ms. Henik studied Biblical exegesis and Hebrew literature with Nechama Leibowitz at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She has taught ulpan in Israel, the United States and the former Soviet Union. Libby Henik is in private practice in New York and New Jersey and on Zoom.
Mind Body Passport is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. Mind Body Passport maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Mind Body Passport Inc. is also recognized as a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider. Certificate awarded upon successful completion.
***Mind Body Passport is committed to offering low-cost webinars during this time of crisis, to educate mental health professionals to better serve their communities. As a small business, I know finances are difficult and the events of the past few weeks are a tragic and deeply emotional time for us all. If you are in need and can not afford our seminars, please email us for financial assistance.
This post-licensure course will be at an appropriate instructional level for participants with a wide range of experience from beginner to advanced.
Continuing Education Credits: Once the online course is completed, we will send your post-course exam and evaluation form. Simply e-mail them back to us and get a minimum of 80% correct on your exam and we will send you your certificate and verification of attendance.
No Refunds