Denyse Beaudet – Dreamguider: Open the Door to Your Child’s DreamsThe Dreams of Children – you can find out more at this site, but first watch the video below!
In this inspirational video interview on Talking Purpose, Michelle and Denyse discuss how children sleep, interpretation for children, nightmares and how to use them to help your children.
Michelle asks
I’ve often wondered how to best help my child when she’s having nightmares – and what can I do when she won’t wake up. Does this mean she’s got disturbing things in her mind? What should I do when she is sleepwalking? or has a very restless night? Is there a way to guide her and at what age should be start interpreting them?
You’ll be surprised at some of Denyse’s answers!
Dreamguider: Open the Door to Your Child’s Dreams
Denyse Beaudet, Ph.D. is a Jungian oriented developmental psychologist, researcher, and lecturer, who has been helping parents understand their children’s dreaming lives for more than 30 years. Beginning her career as a kindergarten teacher in Canada and in France, she went on to teach Creativity and Child Development at Laval University in Québec City. Her fascination with the imaginative life of children led her to the world of children’s dreams. She is the author of Encountering the Monster: Pathways in Children’s Dreams and, more recently, Dreamguider: Open the Door to Your Child’s Dreams. Born in Québec City and educated in the tongue of Molière, she lives in San Diego, California. You can visit her website at The Dreams of Children
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About the interviewer
Michelle Vandepas is an entrepreneur, seeker of truth, questioner and overall impatient person. You can Hire Michelle Vandepas for internet consultations or interviewing, speaking and workshops. To find out more please contact Support@talkingbookstv.com
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This was a fascinating interview. I thought it was particulary interesting that you should ask a child to share the dream, instead of just comforting them and telling them “It is only a dream.”
The validation is a new thought.
It also reminded me of something I had forgotten.
I had terrible nightmares as a child until I was a teenager. I could not stay over at a girlfriend’s house because of it.
I remember more of the experience as a small child. I would wake up running in circles in the living room until I fell down. And could not remember the dream.
The older nightmares were about trying to get someplace and I
could not find it. I still have these once in a while.
HMMMMMMM .Wish I knew that brilliant woman then.