What can you do when you wake up screaming, having revisited the harrowing scenes of a trauma which still haunts your nightmares? Linda Yael Schiller from Boston in the USA has developed the GAIA (Guided Active Imagination Approach) method to stop the endless cycle of nightmares for war trauma survivors and for anyone who suffers disturbing nightmares.

We have talked about parasomnias - the official term for a variety of disturbed sleep patterns – and nightmare treatment with other guests, and in this episode, Laura and Dave talk to Linda about her work with PTSD and dreams, and how GAIA brings together best-practice trauma treatment and Jungian active imagination to turn PTSD into PTSG: Post-Traumatic Spiritual Growth.

Linda’s method is systematic and clear, and has a lot in common with the Waking Dream Process, for those who know it or have listened to our episode about it. She takes Dave through the GAIA method in one of his dreams… listen to find out what they discover!

In this episode:

Ways to find out about and contact Linda:

Linda’s website: lindayaelschiller.com  

Facebook: facebook.com/moderndreamwork

Instagram: instagram.com/lindayschiller22

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/linda-yael-schiller-msw-licsw-305896118

Contact Linda: lindayschiller@gmail.com

 

Linda’s book:

PTSDreams – also available on Amazon

ptsdreams.com

 

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Credits

Recorded by Sophie, Lev and Ella at the Boat Pod https://theboatpod.com 

Edited by James Ede at Be Heard https://beheard.org.uk 

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