Introduction and Overview of Courses Offered at the
Delaney & Flowers Center

Many courses may be conducted in person, online, and/or by telephone.

The Delaney & Flowers Dream and Consultation Center was founded in 1981 to train people in problem solving and the development of new ideas through the practical understanding of dreams. We use the Dream Interview Method of dream interpretation that places the dreamer's individuality above theory and doctrine and treats dreams as an alternate mode of information processing. This pragmatic approach affirms the importance of asking specific questions rather than offering interpretations.  We look at dream images as metaphors to be recognized by the dreamer without the intrusion of preconceived interpretations of psychological symbol systems. 

Our programs are designed to teach proficiency in dream incubation and dream interpretation for work alone or with the dreams of others. These skills facilitate organizational problem solving, creativity, personal development, and psychotherapy because they expedite insight into core issues and uncover unrecognized ideas. Classes and private sessions are conducted in English, French, and Italian.

As a student at the Center, you will learn to work with common dream themes, such as flying, falling, being chased, finding new rooms, and discovering treasure. You will be taught interpretive strategies that will enable you to understand recurrent dream images and nightmares. You can also learn how to focus on a problem before sleep and awaken the next morning with a dream that will help you resolve that specific problem.

For brochures on our programs, keep reading or send a double-stamped, self addressed legal-sized envelope to our new address:

Delaney & Flowers Dream Center
16 Manzanita Place
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 389-1218

Courses Offered at the Center

Third Tuesday Workshop

This workshop meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Between five and ten people usually attend.  Beginning students use this course as an introduction to the Dream Interview Method.  Intermediate students find it a source of continuing motivation and an opportunity to practice.  Advanced students use it to review and refine their skills.  Dreamers can participate on a monthly basis or in a three, six, or twelve month series costing from $30 to $50 per session. Practice in beginner to advanced Dream Interview levels.  6:30-8:30 p.m. Be sure to call for special address in San Francisco. Initial session reserved one week in advance costs $40. Bring five photocopies of a dream you would like to work on in the group.  Call 415-389-1218 to reserve a place.

Weekly Study Groups 

San Francisco & Marin County: These on-going groups consist of four-seven people who have one individual dream session before signing up for a minimum of eight group sessions.  Most members stay in the group for a year or two, which allows for in-depth skill development, participation in three, six, and twelve month dream journal reviews, and significant personal growth. Each week one dreamer presents a dream while each of the other group members takes turns practicing being interviewer.  Gayle Delaney or Loma Flowers coach the interviewers using the Dream Interview Method.  (Day or evening, 1-1/2 hours)

Individual Dream Sessions

Individual sessions are usually used in one of three ways.  First, they can be used to interpret a particular dream.  Second, they can be used to teach the Dream Interview Method using the student's own dream.  Third, psychotherapists and dream workers can bring clients' and patients' dreams for confidential professional supervision.  Therapists sometimes elect direct supervision and attend these sessions with their clients. (By appointment. $150 per session. Sliding fees available. Call or Email the Dream Center at 415-389-1218 and leave four or five times that would work for you.)

Telephone Consultations

For individuals, pairs, and groups.  These phone sessions work very much the same way as individual sessions. Click on the "Interpret Your Dreams" button to the left of this page for more information.

Brief Intensive Program
Especially for Out-of-Town Students

Course Description

The Delaney & Flowers Brief Intensive Program is designed for students to learn and practice Dream Interview skills on a daily basis. Both the pacing and the focus of the course are individualized to meet specific training needs and personal interests.  The courses are scheduled individually and have no fixed start dates.

For example, your program could last from two days to a month; you could focus on working with your own dreams, or on the dreams of others; you could emphasize the descriptions of dream images or bridging skills.

The courses provide beginners with an understanding of dream incubation techniques and the basic steps in the Dream Interview method. Intermediate students gain expertise in interpreting longer and more difficult dreams, and advanced students can learn techniques for working rapidly and managing resistance and counter-transference in dream interpretation. Dream group leaders can refine their skills and explore problematic dream group issues.

You may want to consider bringing a friend or colleague to participate in the Program. Besides reducing lodging and tuition costs, it can also be a wonderfully productive way of enhancing your learning because you can practice your interviewing skills on each other's dreams.

Each session lasts 50 minutes. Practicum, a thrilling form of homework, which is optional, can be assigned daily and reviewed in the next day's session. Students whose program is scheduled for the fourth week of the month are invited to attend our regular third Tuesday workshop as our guests.

Sample Course Schedule

Diploma Program

Our Diploma Program is a course of study which includes participation in individual and group training, practice with other dreamers, personal journal work, and reading in psychoanalytic, Jungian, and phenomenological (existential) dream methods.  At the most advanced level, students will write three brief papers on the role of resistance in dream work, on an example of their own work with a dreamer, and on the Dream Interview Method in the context of other approaches to dream interpretation.

Diploma candidates progress at their own pace and advance through the five levels of achievement upon demonstrating proficiency at each level.  Much of the work can be completed by motivated students working on their own with their clients or fellow dreamers.  This can keep program costs to a minimum and allow out-of-state and foreign students to earn diplomas using the Brief Intensive Program.

There are no minimum training hours required within the Diploma Program; the rate at which students progress is greatly influenced by the amount of disciplined practice undertaken.

The Delaney & Flowers Diploma certifies that the recipient has successfully completed our course of study and has gained proficiency in our Dream Interview and Incubation Methods.

For more detailed information, send a double stamped, self-addressed legal sized envelope to:

Delaney& Flowers Dream Center
16 Manzanita Place
Mill Valley, CA 94941

Psychotherapy Consultation

These sessions provide psychotherapists with an opportunity to discuss their current practice styles with Dr. Loma Flowers.  This consultation can also facilitate the integration of dream work into one's psychotherapy practice. (By Appointment Call Loma at  415-333-8631.)

Dream Work in Pairs

We support students who form dream work partnerships because work in pairs is an extremely efficient and enjoyable way to develop Dream Interview skills. Partnerships enhance learning because partners encourage each other to participate regularly and because speaking out loud is so useful to interpretation. Working in pairs also makes dream work more affordable because partners can share single or double sessions in person or on the telephone.

Workshops for Private Groups

These can be arranged for your office, church, school, professional group, or dream study group in San Francisco, or where you live, or by telephone. 415-389-1218.

Eligibility, Certification &Tuition

"Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one,
Have ofttimes no connexions. Knowledge dwells
In heads replete with Thoughts of other men,
Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. "
William Cooper 1731-1800