Leslie Ellis
Dreams and Nightmares, Trauma and PTSD, Somatic Approaches to Psychotherapy, Focusing, Imagery-Based Interventions, Jungian/Depth Psychology
Deep Cove, British Columbia
Canada
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Dr. Leslie Ellis is a leading expert in the use of experiential and somatic approaches for working with dreams, nightmares and the effects of trauma. She is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (Routledge, 2025) and offers online training in embodied, experiential dreamwork and nightmare treatment. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a somatic specialization, and a Masters in counselling psychology with a focus on depth/Jungian approaches. She was a psychotherapist in private practice in Vancouver, BC for more than 25 years. She is a former adjunct faculty at Adler University, and past president of The International Focusing Institute, where she is currently a Certifying Coordinator.
Dr. Ellis has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on the use of focusing and dreamwork in psychotherapy - most recently articles on nightmares and the nervous system, and the alarming nightmare-suicide link. An update of her clinical dream book was published in June 2025, and she is currently working on a book about hybrid dream-wake states and disturbed dreaming.