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Lucid Dream Nightmare Therapy: Insights from Peak Experiences, Psychedelics, & Transcendent States
What if a natural, REM-based process could offer the same therapeutic benefits as psychedelics—without substances?
Lucid dreaming isn’t just about controlling your dreams. It’s a powerful shift in perspective that can reconnect you to inner wisdom, catalyze emotional healing, and create conditions for peak experiences. In this video, I explore how lucid dreaming therapy compares to psychedelic-assisted therapy, why it goes beyond traditional nightmare treatments, and how it

Lucid Dreams on KPBS Midday Edition
I recently discussed lucid dreaming LIVE on KPBS Midday Edition, focusing on how lucid dreaming can stop recurring nightmares–someitmes with


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

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...
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Lucid Dreaming Therapy for Nightmares
A main idea behind lucid dreaming therapy is that, once you realize you are dreaming, you can face your fears with a new, more helpful frame
Kristen LaMarca PhD
Jun 15, 20152 min read

How to Lucid Dream
Having lucid dreams takes learning a few basic techniques and cultivating a specific mindset. Some persons will require more time or...
Kristen LaMarca PhD
Dec 16, 20136 min read

Finding the Time to Dream Journal
Though journaling your subconscious escapades can be gratifying in countless ways, such a habit takes time, energy, and motivation to cultiv
Kristen LaMarca PhD
Mar 1, 20124 min read

Night Vision: What is it like to lucid dream?
"I am dreaming that I am frazzled, distraught, and late for an important meeting at work. As I worry about losing my job, I glance at my...
Kristen LaMarca PhD
Aug 11, 20117 min read


Lucid Dream Meditation: What is it like to meditate in lucid dreams?
Since becoming an avid lucid dreamer a few years ago, I have made the practice of meditation a part of my daily life. Initially I began...
Kristen LaMarca PhD
May 1, 20083 min read
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