Joel Kaye

For as long as I could remember I had the feeling that something was missing in my world.  Watching loved ones struggling and turning on themselves and on each other in chaotic attempts to get their needs met left me deeply confused about how it would even look, let alone feel, to be authentic and strong in my life.

Along the way I have been helped several times through the art of counseling; analytic counseling when I was a teenager helped me to pull back from a dangerously nihilistic path, supportive counseling helped me not feel isolated as I coped with the death of my sister at 18.  And at 26, an eclectic Jungian therapist helped me turn from a burgeoning depression toward an affirmative humanistic search for meaning.

Yet despite these positive experiences it was not until I began the experiential process of Archetypal Dreamwork that I came into direct contact and relationship with that ‘missing something’.  Through my dreams and the support and guidance of dreamwork I then began a rich and deep discovery of my own authenticity and the ways in which I turn away from the place within where the confusion is clarified.

Emotional and spiritual injuries are as inevitable in our life as broken bones and infections of the body.   Each night, through the power and intensity of our dreams we are offered pieces of ourselves that can allow us to acknowledge and heal our injuries.  My process with dreamwork clients centers on opening up this direct encounter and dialogue with their own missing pieces, discovering the ways in which they get “lost” and in deeply supporting each person to feel and speak from the clarity of their heart.

Joel Kaye