Velva Lee Heraty is a Jungian depth psychotherapist from Chicago, IL. She has studied dreams for seven years at the C. G. Jung Institute in Evanston, IL and is a member of the Association for the Study of Dreams. As a result of her studies, Velva created a dream processing method called Subjective Symbol Immersion designed to help dreamers everywhere understand their dreams. She has taught this method both nationally and internationally, most recently in Iceland. Her book, The Dream belongs to the Dreamer, A Hands-on, How-to, Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding Your Dreams is scheduled for publication in 2012. Heraty has a long standing private practice in depth-psychotherapy and was taped as a resource for the National Nightmare Hotline created as a result of 9/11. She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the Association of Women Journalists (AWJ) and a former columnist for Chicago Woman Newspaper. She lives in St. Petersburg.
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This article appears in Jul 22-28, 2010.