The Haden Institute

828-693-9292
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PO Box 1793
Flat Rock, NC 28731

Dream Leader Training
Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the main purpose of The Haden Institute Dream Leader Training?
The purpose is four-fold:
  1. To train and certify people to lead church and community dream groups
  2. To help professionals and others to integrate dreamwork into their chosen vocation
  3. To enhance and encourage responsible dreamwork across the nation
  4. To help recover the ancient Biblical tradition of listening for God's word for us in our nightly dreams
 
2. What are the common topics covered?
The major topics covered are individual and group dreamwork methodology, history, and practice; and the basics of Jungian psychology as it relates to dreamwork. For a fuller listing see the rest of the information shown on this site.
3. Who is this training for?
Therapists and other professionals who wish to enhance their therapeutic skills; parishioners, lay leaders, and clergy who wish to lead church dream groups; community leaders who wish to learn dream group skills.
4. Does The Haden Institute Dream Leader Training offer certification?
Yes. It is not a college/university or state certification, but those who successfully complete the training are awarded a diploma certifying that they have completed the two-year Dream Leader Training at The Haden Institute. Those who already have a professional degree or state certification can use this practice in their vocation. Others can offer dreamwork under the auspices of a church or other organization or offer it separately as an educational event, not therapy.
5. Who receives a Haden Institute Plaque?
Persons who attend six Intensives receive The Haden Institute Plaque.
6. Who can receive a Certificate?
Participants, who attend six Intensives, complete all their work and have had a final interview with the director or his appointee will be awarded a Certificate from The Haden Institute.
7. How long is the program?
The Dream Leader Training Program is a two-year program, which includes six on-site Intensives and distance learning.
8. When can participants enter the program?
Participants can enter the program in February or August of any year. The group with which you enter will be your core group for the two years.
9. How often do the Intensives meet?
There are three Intensives per year, usually in March, August and early December. If you miss an Intensive, due to sickness or other reasons, you can make it up by attending a later Intensive. The Intensives normally begin late afternoon Thursday and conclude with breakfast Monday.
10. Where are the Intensives held?
Intensives are usually held at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, NC. Kanuga is one of the best conference center settings in the U.S. It is located on a 1400-acre campus in the North Carolina mountains with a lake, hiking trails, tennis courts, and good accommodations with many fireplaces and rocking chairs.
11. What are the scheduled dates for future Intensives?
See Dates.
12. What happens at an Intensive?

The major portion of each Intensive is spent in teaching/ dialogue with faculty and Dream Practicum Groups with faculty support. There are also socials, videos, drama, demonstration, sharing, relaxation and fun in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

 

13. Who is the faculty?

Faculty members are some of the best in dreamwork from across the nation.  See About Us/ Faculty for current faculty. Two faculty members, Bob Haden and Diana McKendree, are normally at Intensives. The other faculties rotate in for given Intensives. The intent is for participants to experience the entire faculty. If you miss one due to schedule changes (yours, theirs or ours), you are welcomed (as a graduate) to return when they are there again.

14. What about distance learning?

All of the requirements outside of the three Intensives per year are done in your own home setting. They include writing a dream/spiritual autobiography; seeing a dream counselor in your locale; book reports; other reports; and organizing a Dream Group under the auspices of The Haden Institute Guidelines.

 
15. When are fees due?

The application fee is due when you apply. The tuition fees are due quarterly: February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. The Kanuga room and board fees are due two weeks before each Intensive. All checks are to be made to The Haden Institute. Once you have made eight quarterly tuition payments, you are paid in full.

 
16. I don't know where I am spiritually now. Is that OK?

Yes. Some participants are churchgoers. Some are not presently churchgoers. Some of the participants have both feet inside the institutional church, some have both feet outside the institutional church and some have one foot in and one foot out, but all are on a deep spiritual journey. All are accepted wherever they are on their spiritual journey at a given time. We learn much from each other. The Haden Institute honors all religious traditions and is especially interested in being among those who are trying to help the Christian church recover lost traditions, which are predominantly found today in eastern traditions. One of those is the dream.

 
17. Do you have therapy sessions?
No. The sessions are for educational and demonstration purposes. There are usually good therapeutic by-products from dreamwork sessions, but we do not do therapy in the sessions. Participants are encouraged to get any needed therapy from a trained professional.
18. Are CEUs available?
Yes. We offer nationally recognized CEUs from both the National Association of Social Workers and the National Board for Certified Counselors.  See Links for more information.

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