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All programs are available on site or via SKYPE and can be customized for your group or organization.

All programs are beneficial for anyone who is grieving the death of a loved one or working as a support group facilitator, caregiver, grief counselor or therapist with bereaved individuals, parents, families and children.

Other options and programs specific to groups needs and time limitations are available. Program titles can be customized for group. Please contact Carla for more information about scheduling and costs> carla@dreamingkevin.com

Dreams: A Blessing in Disguise for Healing Loss

In this powerful program, Carla Blowey invites the bereaved to recognize their own dreams as a valuable tool for healing grief and reconciling the death of their loved ones. Carla offers the bereaved   an opportunity to see beyond the illusions of death and grief, bringing their dreams and their loved ones, and ultimately themselves into the light.

In simple terms, with cited references, Carla explains that dreams of the bereaved often mirror their own grief journey in memories, metaphors, and symbols, pointing to issues and hidden agendas blocking the path to acceptance and reconciliation.  In addition, the bereaved commonly experience "dream visits" with their deceased children and deceased loved ones, offering the bereaved  assurance of their loved one's  continued existence. 

Carla’s compelling story will invite the bereaved to examine their dreams for personal symbols, synchronicities, and metaphor, as a means to reconciliation and self-empowerment. Carla believes that everything we need to know to do our own grief work is accessible within us. Using our intuition and discernment, we can interpret our dreams to reveal the guidance and wisdom needed for our personal healing.

Carla says, “Sharing our dreams in the projective format is an opportunity to see our grief   journey from a different perspective. When we are willing to see our grief and our dreams differently, we are in a mode of healing—letting go of perceptions that inhibit our emotional and spiritual growth. With each Insight, we can examine the diverse issues that complicate living with loss, illuminating the imagery from the inner world to manifest creative solutions in the outer world.”

Carla shares her dreams and excerpts from her book, Dreaming Kevin: The Path To Healing to illustrate the difference between precognitive and prophetic dreams, grief dreams and  “dream visits”. During her presentation, Carla offers basic techniques, tips, and exercises.

LENGTH: This program is most effective as a three-hour workshop to insure understanding of basic dream work, group exercise and application.

LENGTH: 2.5 -3 hours

Download pdf Blowey_DreamWorkshop_2011.pdf

Creative Dreaming...A Doorway through Loss to Love

Carla Blowey, Certified Dreamwork Facilitator, and Sharon Strouse, MA, ATR, CIH combine two powerful tools for healing ~ Dreaming and Collage. They will each share a daydream and the created imagery born from their inner world.  They will introduce metaphor, symbol, archetypes and universal themes as a doorway through loss to love.  In a warm and safe setting, participants will have the opportunity to experience their own “awake” daydream and create a collage from their personal experience.  They will be guided through a process of interpretation, as formlessness comes into form for an experience of transformation and healing. No previous experience with dreamwork or art talent is required…only the willingness to see differently and be with what is in your heart.

LENGTH: 3 hours

Heartache to Heartlight: Dreaming the Way to Healing

In this powerful presentation, Carla shares her inspiring testimony of the healing power of dreams in reconciling the death of her five-year-old son, Kevin. Carla reveals the ominous and prophetic nightmare pointing to Kevin’s death, less than 12 hours before he died in a truck/bicycle accident. Mistakenly, she believed she had failed to heed the nightmare as a warning to save Kevin. For what other purpose had she been given such knowledge, if not to save him? Devastated by the loss of her precious son and overwhelmed with guilt, Carla believed she failed her son and her family. Using the nightmare as a tool for understanding and reconciliation, Carla began to reexamine her perceptions of death, loss and grief to discover forgiveness, healing, personal growth and new life.

Carla invites grieving parents to empower themselves by dreaming their way to healing. Just as a life without our beloved child(ren) is a life without a future; a life without a dream is a life without hope. Bearing witness to the heartache of the most unspeakable loss experienced by bereaved parents, Carla eloquently answers the questions, “How can we dream of the future when we are living our greatest nightmare?” “How do we bridge the gap from living with heartache to living in heartlight?”

LENGTH: 45-60 minutes

Dreams: A Blessing in Disguise for Bereaved Parents

Carla Blowey, bereaved mother and author of Dreaming Kevin: The Path to Healing shares the prophetic dream about the death of her five-year-old son, Kevin, and the many subsequent dreams that offered her forgiveness, healing, spiritual growth, and new life. Using examples from her own dream journal, Carla helps participants discern the difference between a "prophetic dream", "dream visit" and a "grief dream", and recognize all dreams as a valuable tool for reconciling the death of a child. Carla’s compelling presentation will invite the bereaved to examine their own dreams for personal symbols, synchronicities, and metaphor, as a means to reconciliation and self-empowerment. There will be handouts and ample time for questions.

Dream Visits: Close Encounters of the Spiritual Kind

Carla Blowey, bereaved mother and author of Dreaming Kevin: The Path to Healing shares the prophetic dream about the death of her five-year-old son, Kevin, and the many subsequent dreams that offered her forgiveness, healing, spiritual growth, and new life. Using examples from her own dream journal, Carla helps participants discern the difference between a "prophetic dream", "dream visit" and a "grief dream", and recognize all dreams as a valuable tool for reconciling the death of a loved one or child. Carla’s compelling presentation will invite the bereaved to examine their own dreams for personal symbols, synchronicities, and metaphor, as a means to reconciliation and self-empowerment. There will be handouts and ample time for questions.

Dreams: A Blessing in Disguise for Healing Loss

This is a brief overview of the three-hour workshop.

LENGTH: 45-60 minutes

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“I first met Carla at a BPUSA conference several years ago where we were both presenting. Since then, we have worked together and I have attended her dream workshop for the bereaved many times. Carla has an incredible gift as a dream worker and even a greater gift in teaching her skills to the bereaved and broken hearted. Her knowledge in this area surpasses any workshop or book that I have read on this fascinating subject. Last year at a conference in Syracuse, NY, a woman sitting next to me during Carla's presentation was profoundly affected by one of Carla's dream work exercises. She was able to recall a powerful visitation dream experience she had years prior. Tears of joy streamed down her faces as she fully recalled a dream, long forgotten, of someone she loved dearly and realized for the first time... it was not just a dream.”

Mitch Carmody Letters to My Son: a journey through grief

“A keynote speaker sets the tone for the conference and opens the heart. And that, is what Carla did at The All-Inclusive Care for Children Coalition’s Conference: Beyond Words: Redefining Loss through Creative Approaches. She moved seamlessly through the entire morning, shared her story, so beautifully written about in Dreaming Kevin, offered detailed and expert information on dreams, and finally facilitated a personal dream analysis experience. Participants were exposed to something new, something enriching, and something unforgettably moving...love flowed through her. A great keynote!”

Sharon Strouse, MA, ATR art therapist and author of Falling into Grace: A Mother’s Journey through Death and Rebirth

"I am grateful for the enlightening experience of attending the keynote workshop by Ms. Carla Blowey at the Beyond Words: Redefining Loss Through Creative Approaches Conference in September 2010. Although her reputation preceded her, I found those accolades not exaggerated but possibly minimized. She is a sincere, caring human being who is a gem in the field of grief and loss, a powerful presenter and an inspiration with enlightening and valuable insights. As a trainer, she opens your awareness to the power of dreams and gives you the tools to assist with your unfolding journey. As a person, she inspires others as she conveys and embodies the message of comfort and self empowerment with grace and love.  She is a truly talented and inspiring woman.  

Chris Mulligan, author of Afterlife Agreements: A Gift From Beyond

“I had the privilege of seeing Carla Blowey deliver the keynote address and present her workshop "Dreams : A Blessing in Disguise For Healing Loss" at a bereavement conference in Verona, New York during September of this year. Carla is a dynamic and heartfelt speaker, whose grief journey following the tragic death of her son Kevin is an inspiration and hope for bereaved individuals struggling to find meaning after loss. Her interactive workshop offers valuable tools for the bereaved to discover the power of dreams to transform how we view loss.... and death."

David Roberts, LMSW,CASAC, Bereaved Parent(Jeannine's dad)

Your keynote speech and activities at the Beyond Words Conference were more than helpful to me! As I worked within the small group dream analysis and inquiry, I learned something new about a dream had with my son Scott, who had died twelve years earlier. I was so happy to have a key message from my dream come forth through the discussion! I had never given as much thought to my dreams as I do now. I am so grateful for your sharing your expertise with us Carla.

 Your guiding us through the process of analyzing our dreams also helped me when I returned home as well! I had a dream about a time in my past in which I was unable to face certain fears about a relationship that had ended. As I shared this dream with my husband, I was able to see much more coming through from the dream than I ever would have before I heard your tips. The details were vivid and the messages were quite insightful and astounding! Thank you Carla! It all comes from my heart!!

Sara Ruble, Surviving and Thriving: Grief Relief and Continuing Relationships