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Lucid Dream Therapy–What the Evidence Actually Shows
Lucid Dream Therapy is promising, but the research is noisy. In this article, Dr. Kristen LaMarca breaks down what current studies actually show, why waitlist designs inflate results, and why an LDT vs. IRT comparison is urgently needed. A grounded look at lucid dreaming in clinical care—without hype.

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Nov 21, 20254 min read


Lucid Dreaming-Meditation Links: Research Update
New research on 🧘♂️meditation-lucid dreaming 🛌 links found that: 1) Open monitoring styles of meditation are most associated with more lucid dreams. 2) Daily meditation is linked with more lucid dreams than weekly meditation. 3) Weekly lucid dreamers more likely to be non-reactive and have transcendent experiences. 💫 Read the full paper in Brain Sciences | An Open Access Journal by MDPI

Kristen LaMarca PhD
May 17, 20241 min read


Lucid Dreaming Therapy: Pathways to Safety, Connection, and Creativity
Lucid dreaming is a tool for recalibrating automatic responses to nightmares, trauma, and challenging emotions.

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Dec 17, 20221 min read


Does Lucid Dreaming Cause Derealization or Depersonalization?
Q. I sometimes spontaneously lucid dream. They are usually short-lived, but fun so I want to have more of them. The problem is I've...

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Nov 24, 20216 min read


Improving Dreamsign Awareness
Dreams are full of features that distinguish them from waking reality. These features, known as dreamsigns, can serve as signals that you ar

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Oct 27, 20194 min read


New Improvements to Lucid Dreaming Textbooks
The authors now provide a perspective on these studies that is much more reality-based, showing hopeful growth in light of these topics.

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Sep 9, 20192 min read


Interview on Lucid Dreaming Therapy, Induction Science, and more
Lucid dreams can open up new and extraordinary pathways for healing, creativity, and self-development. Learn more in this free 30 minute ta

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Aug 28, 20192 min read


How often to take galantamine for lucid dreaming
Since proper galantamine usage gives you good odds of lucid dreaming, you may be curious how often you can take it. Can you take galantamin

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Aug 23, 20193 min read


Lucid Dream Nightmare Therapy, Sleep State Misperception, Imagery Rehearsal Therapy, and More!
I was honored to be a guest on the Night Club podcast, which is led by a Western teacher of Tibetan Buddhist dream yoga, Andrew Holecek ....

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Jul 13, 20191 min read


The Mindfulness Meditation and Lucid Dreaming Connection
RESEARCH UPDATE: Meditation and lucid dreaming have long been empirically and historically linked, leading to theories that meditation may have an influence in the ability to lucid dream. The exact nature of the relationship between these two constructs is not clear, however. In recent years, the cognitive neuroscience and psychotherapeutic literature on mindfulness meditation has been maturing, but how it relates with the construct of lucidity has been examined more rarely

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Dec 10, 20182 min read


The best way to reality test for lucid dreaming
Reality testing to induce lucid dreaming is often taught incorrectly. Dr. LaBerge teaches the way to do it RIGHT and WHY re-reading text is

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Jul 23, 20183 min read


To Sleep, Perchance to Read
The original studies testing the reliability of re-reading reality check by Lucidity Institute.

Kristen LaMarca PhD
Jul 17, 20188 min read
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