Robert Bosnak

Speaker

Robert Bosnak is a Dutch Jungian analyst, graduate of the C.G.Jung Institute in Zurich, who after 26 years in private practice in Cambridge Mass., moved to Sydney, Australia in 2003. In the late 1970's Robert Bosnak pioneered a radically new method of Embodied Imagination, based loosely on the work of C.G.Jung, especially on Jung's technique of active imagination and his studies of Alchemy. His techniques are applied worldwide, by therapists, artists, actors, and others interested in the creative imagination. Robert Bosnak first book, A Little Course in Dreams was translated into 12 languages. Since then he has written Christopher's Dreams: Dreaming and Living with AIDS and Tracks in the Wilderness of Dreaming, and the forthcoming Embodiment: Creative Imagination in Medicine, Art and Travel, in which he describes his techniques in details. Robert Bosnak is past president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and was professor of clinical psychology at Kyoto University, Japan. Robert Bosnak is the co-founder/director of cyberdreamwork.com the foremost site for global interactive voice/video-based dreamwork on the internet. He ios also the founding director of the Santa Barbara Healing Sanctuary a residential Integrative Therapies facility enhancing the body's innate healing power. Current Projects With Prof. Richard Kradin of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School: Funded research into the influence of embodied dream imagery (EDI) on immunity and overall health in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The research is concurrently carried out by the South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China. At M.I.T. drama department: developing a new dream incubation method for actors and directors with Prof. Janet Sonenberg, author of the book Dreamwork for Actors, Routledge, 2003, which describes the method. Work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Bell Shakespeare Company, Sydney, Australia, developing new rehearsal methods and plays based on embodied imagination. Past Projects Dreamwork with recipients of heart transplants, described partially in collaborator Claire Sylvia’s book Change of Heart At M.I.T. Media Laboratory and Neurodyne Medical Corp.: developing a system facilitating computer emotion recognition.