In your dreams by Jane Teresa Anderson

Welcome

Hello and welcome! I'm Jane Teresa Anderson, dream analyst, dream therapist, mentor, author of seven books on dreams and dreaming, creator of The Dream Academy online courses (learn in your own time, go at your own pace), host of 'The Dream Show with Jane Teresa Anderson' podcast, and frequent dream expert guest on radio and television.

Originally trained as a scientist, my approach to interpreting and working with dreams is both an art and a science, based on my independent research and deep work with clients for over 31 years.

Courses

HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR DREAMS:
My step-by-step system you can use to interpret your dreams meaningfully and gain rich insight into yourself and your life.

Start today! Instant access.
Videos, PDF notes, and charts.
Go at your own pace.
Revisit as many times as you wish.

DREAM ALCHEMY:
Learn how to prescribe, create, and use dream alchemy to powerfully enhance your life.

DREAM THERAPY
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL 1: Learn how to work with clients and assist their healing and transformation using dream therapy techniques. Includes one:one mentoring with me by Zoom.

DREAM THERAPY
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL 2: Fieldwork, assignments, and one:one mentoring with me.

Books

Published by Hachette, Little Brown (Piatkus), Random House, and Harper Collins, I am the author of seven books on dreams and dreaming.

My most recent book is BIRD OF PARADISE.

BIRD OF PARADISE
Part whimsical memoir, part healing balm, and part alchemical guide, Bird of Paradise delivers Jane Teresa’s down-to-earth tools and techniques for decoding dreams and synchronicities and offers up her unique signature alchemy practices that enable you to flow and grow with life’s challenges, paradoxes, and mysteries.

Immerse yourself in that magic now and learn how to see behind the curtain of ordinary consensus reality. In so doing, your world will become infinitely richer and you will become more aligned with your own unique calling on the road of life.

See the light

By Jane Teresa AndersonAugust 24, 2022Blog, Dream interpretation, This waking lifelight, photographer, star

“What do you dream about?” asked a recent client. “If you’re on top of your recurring and scary dreams, what comes next?” She had contacted me because she had a frustrating recurring dream theme that had been going on for years. She had the dream several times a week. It was interfering with her sleep,

Episode 259 The Dream Show: Who stole my car?

By Jane Teresa AndersonAugust 11, 2022Dream alchemy, Dream interpretation, Podcastscar, lost, stolen

Betty, my guest from Melbourne, Australia, wept buckets in her dream over her missing car. It wasn’t where she had parked it! A young girl riding a bike told her the car had been stolen, yet it turned out to be parked in the next street. Before long, Betty was in the driving seat, reversing

Listen now

Episode 258 The Dream Show: Magical to practical

By Jane Teresa AndersonJuly 14, 2022Dream alchemy, Dream interpretation, Podcastsdream services, dream therapy, magic eye

I talk about the ‘art and science’ of interpreting dreams: there are methods, techniques, and approaches to follow, but is there more to this work than meets the eye? Part of me sees dream interpretation as straightforward and methodical, while another part of me is constantly astonished by the seemingly magical way in which a

Listen now

Rape dreams

By Jane Teresa AndersonJune 28, 2022Blog, Dream interpretationmetaphor, rape, rape dreams

“Can you write a blog about dreaming of being raped?” asked Laurie, after she awoke from a shocking rape dream. Laurie is a regular client, and since all dreams are unique and deeply personal, she knew there was more to interpreting a rape dream meaningfully than doing a quick Google hoping for a dream dictionary

Episode 257 The Dream Show: The ice bucket

By Jane Teresa AndersonJune 16, 2022Dream alchemy, Dream interpretation, Podcastsdeath, death dreams, ice, rebirth

Kendra, from Coles Bay, Tasmania, Australia, is my guest asking about her dream where her friend died then came back to life. Kendra was visiting her dying friend – who is fit and healthy in waking life – in hospital. Another friend fled, “I can’t stay for this!” she said. After the friend died, her

Listen now

Episode 256 The Dream Show: Dream incubation

By Jane Teresa AndersonMay 19, 2022Dream alchemy, Dream interpretation, Podcastscelebration, dream incubation, dream inspiration

We pause our guest-format to celebrate 13 years of podcasting The Dream Show and to explore the immense treasures and opportunities offered by our dreams. This episode brings you tips on how to incubate a dream about a specific topic, and shares some of my earlier research on the surprising things that happened when I

Listen now

Magic eye

By Jane Teresa AndersonMay 4, 2022Blog, Dream alchemy, Dream interpretationalchemy, magic eye, metaphor

In a recent dream, in a fairy-tale setting, I knelt at a fireplace in an open courtyard, gently tending the clay tablets etched with exquisite symbols that I was baking in the flames. At least, that’s how the scene would have looked to some of the people watching. Other onlookers, in my dream, were astonished

Episode 255 The Dream Show: Knots

By Jane Teresa AndersonApril 21, 2022Dream alchemy, Dream interpretation, Podcastsbaby, diaper, nappy, umbilical cord

Juliana, from Atlanta, Georgia, is my guest asking about her dream of encountering a knotty problem when changing a baby’s diaper. This very visceral dream begins with a diaper change and the challenge of cleaning an abundance of yellow poo from the baby’s crevices. The wet wipes she was using were moist but tough, and

Listen now

Episode 254 The Dream Show: The clothing store

By Jane Teresa AndersonMarch 24, 2022Dream alchemy, Dream interpretation, Podcastschoice, clothes, store

Meredith, from Ventura County, California, is my guest asking about her dream set in a clothing store. She’s there to choose new clothes for someone and asks the store attendant to try on various options so she can see how they look. The white-blonde attendant is only partly engaged in the process, making Meredith feel

Listen now

Dreams about dogs

By Jane Teresa AndersonMarch 9, 2022Blog, Dream interpretationdogs, dreams about dogs

According to a recent survey, the top Google search for dream symbols is ‘dreams about dogs’. Why do we dream about dogs, and what do these dreams mean? Before we go there, according to Google’s February-March 2022 report on my website, there was a big jump in people looking for information on dreams about the