
Robert Hoss, MS is Past President and International Conference Director of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. He is a Haden Institute faculty instructor, directs the DreamScience Foundation for research grants, and is on the board of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare. He is author/editor of: Dreams: Understanding Biology, Psychology & Culture; Dreams that Change Our Lives; Dream to Freedom; Dream Language and is published in 12 other dream related books and 4 professional journals. His work has been featured in a PBS special, Readers Digest, Prevention, the Psychology Today blog and USA Today. His combined eclectic and research-based approach to dreamwork is derived from his earlier career in the sciences, having retired as an IBM corporate executive, plus training in Gestalt therapy and a broad range of dreamwork practices. Bob has been an instructor with Haden Institute since 2004 where he introduced the science of dreaming, working with dream color and Gestalt role-play (“6 Magic Questions”) into the curriculum. He has also been a keynote at a majority of the Summer Dream conferences since that time. Bob says that Haden Institute has been a home to him and someplace where he has been developing and refining his dreamwork practice and research. He notes that his website provides downloadable information on dream work and a free download of his book Dream Language 2nd Edition, as well as the link to the DreamScience Foundation where he provides grant funding for dream research.