Dreamwork in the News
Why Everyone in Hollywood Is Doing Dream Work
(Gabriella Paiella, GQ, January 2022)
“…Sometimes, something magical happens when she works with multiple people working on the same production: their dreams begin to align with each other, as if their minds are melding in their sleep. “You hear repeating images or repeating themes within the dreams,” she says. “You start to hear the unique DNA of the piece itself.” Gillingham credits psychiatrist Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious—the idea that the deepest unconscious mind is universally shared and inherited, which is why the same archetypes will crop up in mythology across cultures.…”
Inside the Actors’ Dream Studio
(Finn Cohen, The New York Times, December 2016)
‘Ms. Gillingham asks clients to activate the subconscious through close script readings and dream analysis. Some use their dream lives to help define their characters.
Susan Pourfar, another actor who has worked with Ms. Gillingham, describes it as “working through metaphor and image, as opposed to working very literally on text.” “Rather than passively going to sleep at night and waiting for a dream to occur, you engage with your subconscious mind and you ask for a dream,” said Ms. Pourfar, who starred in “Tribes” Off Broadway.’
How a dream coach helped Benedict Cumberbatch and Jane Campion put the unconscious on screen
(Sofie Monks Kaufman, The Guardian, November 2021)
‘“…What is the value of going to such psychological lengths in service of art? To Gillingham personal dreamscapes and socio-political landscapes are linked. “In the same way that we’re having dreams to bring us to consciousness, I think we’re participating in the culture’s dreams when we go to the movies or make movies. So I’m rabidly interested in the stories that we’re telling and how the stories are coming through.”’
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Is Creative Dream Work the New Frontier of Wellness?
(Laura Pitcher, Riise, August 2023)
“…Although there is “no right or wrong way to do this”, I follow Barnett’s advice to put a journal near my bed and write a letter to my inner self before sleep. The letter includes where I am in life right now, the struggles I’m going through, anything that is repeating or standing in my way, what feels out of balance, and what I long for.…”
Meet TIME 100 Honoree Sandra Oh’s Inspirational Acting Coach and Mentor, Kim Gillingham
(Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, May 2019)
“…[Sandra] Oh paid tribute to her acting coach during her Screen Actors Guild award acceptance speech for Killing Eve in January. “I’d like to thank my mentor Kim Gillingham and all of the fellow creative dreamers,” she said. “I am not the actor I am without the work that we share.…”
(Sarah Kershaw, The New York Times, May 2009)
“In the last decade, dream work, as it is known, has spread into actors studios and classrooms across the country, taking its place among the ever expanding techniques of actor training and in the long-running debate over what leads to the most authentic performances.”
Studying your dreams: Bradley Cooper swears by it. Would trying it unleash my creativity?
(Miranda Bryant, The Guardian, November 2018)
“…Dream work is not just for actors, Gillingham said. Having coached film-makers, directors, novelists, dancers and scientists in how to use dreams to find greater authenticity in their work, Gillingham says she has seen dreams’ transformative potential for people across the professional spectrum.…”