What is Dream Work

All sessions will be individually-based, often drawing on inner work and Jungian dream analysis. We will work somatically and engage with your imagination to free up creative material. We can also work literally with text analysis and practical technique, and depending on what is needed, we can do both in a single session.

Whether you’re an actor preparing for an audition or a role, a writer working on a chapter or germinating a new idea, or just someone looking for some creative continuity, dream work provides and opportunity to engage with your own material and see where work is required; this is simply about getting to know new parts of your psyche and free up your creative work. You can come with a character, an idea for a movie or play or book, or bring in a dream to explore.

The way I guide is strongly influenced by creative dreamwork done by years of extensive study with acting coach and founder of creative dreamwork Kim Gillingham, years of shamanic and Jungian practice, and twenty years of experience as a theater actor.

Emily Cass McDonnell has a BFA from NYU/Experimental Theatre Wing. Emily has a certificate in DREAM TENDING from Pacifica Graduate Institute, a certificate in Contemplative care from the NY Zen Center and worked in hospice care for a year. As an actor Emily has worked extensively in film and theater, and originated roles in the works of Richard Maxwell, Wallace Shawn, Annie Baker, Adam Rapp, Lucas Hnath, and Denis Johnson, among others, and has worked at theaters such as, Playwrights Horizons, The Royal Court, The New Group, Wooster Group, The Signature, and The Public, as well as extensively throughout Europe. In film Emily has worked with directors Jonathan Demme, Noah Baumbach, among others. Emily worked as a yoga teacher in NYC for many years.

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