DreamStartm Certification Program

The DreamStartm program was originally conceived as an open-ended mentoring process that could be tailored to each person's interests, needs, and prior experience as a dream worker. However, we also live in a world in which credentials and certifications help to define who we are, and to reveal our seriousness of commitment to our respective disciplines. With that in mind, we offer a certification program which covers the major facets of dreamwork, while focusing principally on mastering the FiveStartm Method.

If you are interested in receiving mentoring in dream analysis without certification, that can be arranged on a per-session basis.

Certified Dream Work Practitioner

This certification process has been designed to conform to the standards established by the International Association for the Study of Dreams for dreamwork training programs. As for the amount time and work required, it can be considered the equivalent to a university practicum course, so you can expect to spend three or four months on the program, depending on your concurrent obligations.

Concerning evaluation: 1) Your response essays for each module are due prior to a one-hour Skype session with your trainer. He or she will review the essays, and provide feedback and make any requests for changes before proceeding to the next module; 2) The quizzes and final exam are all multiple choice, and can be retaken if, by chance, you do not score 70 percent or above the first time.


Module I: Lucid Dreaming as a Game Changer in Dream Analysis

1-Read Our Dreaming Mind by Robert Van de Castle, which covers historic and crosscultural aspects of dreaming and dream interpretation.
2-Read Lucid Dreaming: Dawning of the Clear Light, which reflects some of Scott's early thinking about the dream state, introduces the need to focus on dreamer responses, and conveys the respectful attitude toward dream content embodied in the FiveStar Method.
 3-View the video interview on lucid dreaming that was created for a cable TV series, hosted by Dr. Mark Thurston.
4-Listen to the Centerpoint interview.
5-Response essay: "How Lucid Dreaming Challenges Historical Assumptions About Dreams"
6-Personal dream work Skype session
7-Online multiple choice quiz


Module 2: Analyzing Dreams as an Interactive Process: Implications for a Multicultural Perspective

 1-Read "The Cocreative Paradigm in Practice: Applying the Concept of Reciprocity to the Analysis of Dream Imagery."
2-Read "How Systems Theory and Postmodern Ideas Can Influence the Way that We Perceive and Analyze Dreams."
3-Review the IASD Dreamwork Ethics Statement.
4-Response essay: "How the cocreative dream model supports a non-invasive and culturally diverse approach to dream analysis."
5-Personal dream work Skype session
6-Online quiz


Module 3: Introduction to The FiveStar Method

1-Read "The Development of the FiveStar Method"
2-Read "The FiveStar Method: A Relational Dream Work Methodology Based on Cocreative Dream Theory."
3-Read Delaney's New Directions in Dream Interpretation
4-Response Essay: "Comparing the FSM with Four Current Dream Work Approaches" 5-Personal dream work Skype session
6-Online quiz

Module 4

 1-Complete the Powerpoint workshop, "Putting the FiveStar Method to Work."
2-Review "Summary of the Five Star Method."
3-Response Essay/Journal Exercise: "Applying the FSM on One of My Own Dreams"
4-Personal dream work Skype session
5-Online quiz

Module 5

1-Read ’ÄúEarly Morning Meditation and Dream Reliving as Catalysts for Lucid Dreams.’Äù
2-Read "A Peace You've Never Known."
3-Read "Dreams as a Path of Initiation,"
4-Response Essay: "Clinical scenarios in which I could use MNM and DR"
5-Personal dream work Skype session
6-Online quiz

Module 6-10

1-Submit five audiotapes or videotapes of FSM session with clients
2-Submit client consent release forms and feedback reports for each session.
3-Schedule five Skype sessions to review your work.

Final Procedures

2-Take online exam
3-Complete Survey
4-Receive Certificate via US Postal.
5-Your name will be added to the graduate/referral list.

To receive more information about the mentoring/certification process, please fill out our Contact Page. To apply for the program, please submit an online application. The cost of the program is $995, and can be broken down into four payments--one before starting, a second after Module 4, a third after Module 7, and the final payment upon successful completion of the program.