Dream Research Institute

15/04/2026

Discover the alchemy of sound, self and transformation, in this second of two immersive weekends led by Sven Doehner, PhD.

This experiential weekend invites you to explore the human voice as a living instrument of transformation.

Through deep listening, sound and embodied practice, we will learn to meet our own voices not as tools of communication, but mirrors of the soul - capable of dissolving what is rigid, revealing what is hidden, and giving form to what longs to be expressed.

Flexible attendance options:
Friday - seminar only (the seminar takes place in person, with option to attend online).
Friday & Saturday - seminar + in-person workshop
Friday, Saturday & Sunday - seminar + 2 days of in-person workshops for advanced integration.

Book your ticket today via the link in bio.

13/04/2026

Sven Doehner is back in London for the second of his two consecutive weekends at .

Discover the alchemy of sound, self and transformation.

Through deep listening, sound and embodied practice, we will learn to meet our own voices not as tools of communication, but as mirrors of the soul - capable of dissolving what is rigid, revealing what is hidden, and giving form to what longs to be expressed.

Join Sven in person at CCPE, with the option to join the Friday lecture either in person or online.

Book your place via the link in bio today!

09/04/2026

"When outer and inner meet – they become something more than the sum of the two. The meeting of so-called external and internal realms is a fundamental and essential aspect of alchemical transformation, particularly when working with dream images."

- Sven Doehner, PhD, MFA

After last year’s sold-out workshop, we are delighted to welcome Sven Doehner back to London for 2 weekends of teaching.

Sven is returning especially for the DRI community to offer an even deeper immersion into his groundbreaking approach to dreams, using alchemy and archetypal imagination, in the tradition of his teacher and analyst, James Hillman.

Reserve your place – link in bio.

01/04/2026

"When outer and inner meet, they become something more than the sum of the two. The meeting of so-called external and internal realms is a fundamental and essential aspect of alchemical transformation, particularly when working with dream images."

- Sven Doehner, PhD, MFA

After last year’s sold-out workshops, we are delighted to welcome Sven Doehner back to London for two weekends of teaching, beginning with this first immersive weekend on alchemical dreamwork.

Weekend structure:
Friday, 5-7pm: Online introductory lecture
Saturday, 10am-5pm: In-person workshop
Sunday, 10am-2pm: In-person advanced practice session

Attend one, two or three days.

Reserve your place today via the link in bio.

02/02/2026

01/12/2025

Last chance to join our final event of 2025 ✨

This Friday, 5 December, Sven Doehner tunes in from Mexico to introduce us to his visionary approach to dreamwork that blends his two lineages:

🌠 Staying with the image, in the tradition of his teacher, James Hillman.

🙊 Giving voice to the unseen in dreams, in the tradition of his shamanic and somatic trainings.

So we hope to see you for a final inspiring event exploring the imagination and how to better attune ourselves to our dreams.

Even if you can’t join us live, you will get the recording of the event after so you can watch at your own pace.

Friday, 5 December
5:30-7pm GMT
Online via Zoom

19/11/2025

Now live on YouTube 🩵

Tune in to hear our co-founder, Melinda Powell l, as she gives her experiential talk called “When Nature Dreams: The Tree of Life as a Symbol of Soul-Awakening”. Or catch her beautiful talk later as a recording.

Find the link in our story!

18/11/2025

An evening of alchemical dreamwork, with a twist ✨

Since Sven is no longer able to travel to London this month, his highly anticipated weekend workshops have been postponed to April 2026. However ☝️

Rather than leave the season without his presence, Sven is offering something truly special in the meantime:

🔥 a 90-minute online introduction to his original alchemical dreamwork, exclusive for the DRI 🔥

This is a rare chance to learn from a lifetime dreamwork master and direct apprentice of James Hillman. It’s also a powerful taster for the in-depth material he’ll explore with us next year, in his weekend workshops.

In this online session, Sven will guide us through the imaginal and somatic foundations of his approach, exploring how dream images act as mirrors, how imagination shapes reality, and how voice opens the deeper, spiritual dimension of transformation.

This is dreamwork like you’ve never experienced it before. Image and sound, dissolving and reshaping, alchemy in real time.

🔗 Link in bio to book.

05/11/2025

Curious about alchemy in general and lucid dream alchemy? ✨

Join our co-founder, in person and online on the weekend of November 8th – 9th at the London Arts-Based Research Centre’s ‘Alchemy Conference’.

Melinda will be speaking on 8 November on ‘Lucid Dreaming & Lucid Surrender: A Jungian Perspective’, on a panel entitled ‘Inner Workings: Dream, Memory, and the Alchemical Imagination’.

8 November
4:30 – 6:30pm GMT
In Oxford and online

22/10/2025

Learn to work with dreams in the archetypal tradition of James Hillman—straight from his former analysand and collaborator Sven Doehner, PhD ✨

Don’t miss out on an incredible weekend of alchemy, dreamwork, and embodied wisdom. 14 CPD included.

Everyone welcome.

Find out more in the bio.

20/10/2025

✨ Sven Doehner returns from Mexico for a rare London workshop ✨

For one weekend only, join us for Meetings with the Human Voice: an immersive, alchemical exploration of the voice as a vessel for transformation.

Jungian archetypal psychoanalyst and somatic educator Sven Doehner, PhD brings his original body of work,developed over decades, to the DRI.

Through deep listening, vibration, and sound, we’ll learn to meet the voice not as a tool for communication, but as a mirror of the soul: one that can dissolve, reveal, and re-form what lives within.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work directly with Sven’s pioneering approach to alchemical transformation through sound. No prior vocal experience is needed—only curiosity, presence, and a willingness to be moved.