8-week Experiential Course with Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin
Virtual Live
Tuesdays, October 20 – December 15, 2026, 7:30-9:30 pm ET
Continuing Education: 14.5 CE Hours for APA, NYS Psychologists, NYS Social Workers
Dreaming is not a side activity of the mind — it is one of the psyche’s most intimate ways of processing emotional life, memory, relationship, and meaning. In dreams, we do not speak in ordinary language. We speak in image, metaphor, and affect. When approached with care, dreams can become a direct pathway to insight, integration, creativity, and psychological freedom.
This live, experiential course introduces participants to Montague Ullman’s distinctive method of dream appreciation and interpretation — a respectful, psychologically sophisticated approach to working with dreams in both group and individual settings. Ullman’s method is especially valuable for clinicians because it preserves the dreamer’s authority while also making room for the group’s imagination, emotional resonance, and relational intelligence.
Participants often describe Ullman-style dreamwork as unexpectedly grounding, often moving, and frequently illuminating — not because it imposes meaning, but because it helps meaning emerge from the dream’s emotional truth.
“All of us are continually reworking unfinished emotional business from the past. Our dreams seem to be way stations along which these concerns pass, creating the possibility for recognition and exploration” (M. Ullman, Appreciating Dreams, a Group Approach)
Why does this method stand out:
Ullman’s approach offers a rare balance: it is structured but not rigid, depth-oriented but not doctrinaire, and clinically useful without reducing dreams to technique. It supports:
“A dream cannot be too short for the group to work on… it can have a holographic quality…” (M. Ullman, Appreciating Dreams, a Group Approach)
What to expect in each session:
Each class includes: a short meditation practice, intensive exploration of a dream, brief discussion of suggested readings, and group dialogue/process.
Suggested readings are provided as resources rather than treated as a mandatory list.
At the end of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
Who should attend:
This course is open to:
Mental health clinicians who want a clear, humane, non-reductive method for working with dreams
Candidates/advanced trainees seeking experiential learning that deepens both clinical skill and self-reflection
Interested lay participants drawn to self-exploration and the psychology of meaning
A guiding principle:
“We all know what the truth feels like… Dream work is a very direct way to provide us with such opportunities.” (M. Ullman, Appreciating Dreams, a Group Approach)
Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD practices psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy in New York City and North Salem, NY. He teaches at The Object Relations Institute of NY, The American Institute of Psychoanalysis, and the C. G. Jung Institute of NY. The author of eight books (Psychotherapy Case Studies: Escaping the Prison You Didn’t Know You Were In; Meditative Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Pathways to Healing and Transformation; A Psychoanalysis for Our Time; The Good Life; Psychotherapy and Buddhism; The Art of Flourishing; Meditative Psychotherapy; and Practicing Meditative Psychotherapy), he has taught at various psychoanalytic institutes and meditation and yoga centers and lectured around the country and abroad on psychoanalysis and psychoanalysis/ Buddhism/ meditation. Jeffrey is most interested in a pluralistic psychoanalysis that respects the genuine insights and practices from each analytic tradition and draws on the best that has been thought and said from all psychoanalytic schools as well as history, art, literature, anthropology and anything that illuminates the human condition. His pioneering approach to therapy was featured in the New York Times Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/magazine/26zen-t.html. He can be contacted at drjeffreyrubin.com or .
Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
2026 ORIPP Dream Interpretation and Appreciation: Montague Ullman’s
Visionary Method – Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD
October 20, 2026 – December 15, 2026
Online
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Professions in scope for this activity are listed below.
Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163
Psychologists (APA) Credit Designation
This course is co-sponsored by Amedco and Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis. Amedco is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Amedco maintains responsibility for this program and content. Maximum of 14.50 hours.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Psychologists/Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA (LEP ONLY), MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
MI: Accepts courses from APA for Psychologists. No general CE requirement for Counselors.
OK: Accepts APA credit for live, in-person activities but not for ethics and/or online courses.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WDC, WI, WY
AL MFTs: Credits authorized by NBCC or any other state licensing agency will be accepted. MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review. MI MFTs: There are no CE requirements for MFTs in MI.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals: AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (held outside NY ONLY), OK*, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY
New York Social Workers
Amedco SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0115. 14.50 credit hours.
New York Psychologists
Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0031. 14.50 hours.
Tuition: $350/8-week course (can be paid in 2 installments)
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Registration fee: $25/course (waived for ORI’s candidates in training)
CE Certificate fee: $25
SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS are available for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for retired or disabled practitioners, or need-based or/and those who live outside of the USA.
To apply for your scholarship, please go to the registration form below.
