{"id":11128,"date":"2001-01-01T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2001-01-01T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativefocusingtherapy.com\/?p=11128"},"modified":"2022-05-27T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T18:56:16","slug":"ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/ellis\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are: Leslie Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4785\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11128-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativefocusingtherapy.com\/zug\/mp3\/Ellis-IFT-intro.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/integrativefocusingtherapy.com\/zug\/mp3\/Ellis-IFT-intro.mp3\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/integrativefocusingtherapy.com\/zug\/mp3\/Ellis-IFT-intro.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativefocusingtherapy.com\/zug\/mp3\/Ellis-IFT-intro.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" download=\"Ellis-IFT-intro.mp3\">Download<\/a> () <\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-Leslie-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"leslie ellis\" class=\"wp-image-11131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-Leslie-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-Leslie-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-Leslie.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Leslie Ellis<\/strong> is a leading expert in the use of somatic approaches in psychotherapy, in particular for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of <em>A Clinician\u2019s Guide to Dream Therapy<\/em> (Routledge, 2019) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book. &nbsp;She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, with a specialization in somatic approaches. Her dissertation on using focusing-oriented therapy to treat PTSD for refugees with recurrent nightmares won the Ernest Hartmann award from the International Association for the Study of Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ellis has a Masters from Pacific Graduate Institute and worked as a therapist in private practice in Vancouver, BC for more than 20 years. Her approach to therapy combines Jungian and focusing-oriented techniques. She was adjunct faculty at Adler University where she taught clinical skills and developed a trauma course for the Masters of Counselling program. She is a Certifying Coordinator and vice president of The International Focusing Institute. For many years she has offered a Vancouver-based certification program for practicing therapists who want to incorporate focusing-oriented therapy techniques into their practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ellis has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on the use of focusing and dreamwork in psychotherapy. She has also presented her work to a worldwide audience. For example, she offered a keynote address for the 2020 online conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams and was a featured speaker and panelist at the 2020 FOT (Focusing-Oriented Therapy) Conference. She also offers courses through The Jung Platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/relationalimplicit.com\/ellis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leslie&#8217;s interview by Serge Prengel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-book-150x225.jpg\" alt=\"clinician's guide to dream therapy\" class=\"wp-image-11461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-book-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-book-90x135.jpg 90w, https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ellis-book.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leslie&#8217;s book, <em>A Clinician\u2019s Guide to Dream<\/em> <i>Therapy<\/i> demystifies the process of working with dreams by providing both a grounding in the current science of dreaming as well as a simple, practical approach to clinical dream work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to a survey of the current science and neuroscience of dreaming, this book includes clinical examples of specific techniques with detailed transcripts and follow-up commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See Leslie&#8217;s book on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0367029154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.com<\/a><br>\n<em>Outside of the USA, look for ISBN # 0367029154 on your local Amazon website.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[484],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativefocusing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}