a healing guide

#6 A Conversation on Therapy and Dreams: What If Difficult Moments Weren't Meant To Be Solved with Tarryn Ellison

• Season 1 • Episode 6

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What if our most difficult moments weren’t meant to be solved? But stayed with, listened to and honoured as important wisdom for the trajectory of our lives.

In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend and clinical psychologist Tarryn Ellison for a thoughtful exploration into how we meet discomfort and confusion in our lives and how a different lens and the support of another, can change everything.

Tarryn shares her unique approach to depth therapy, dreamwork, and healing, inviting us to reimagine what it means to move through life’s harder chapters. From her own journey into becoming a therapist to the sacred role of dreams in guiding us back to our inner landscape, this conversation is a reframing in how we can hold ourselves and each other.

Topics covered:

  • The difference between traditional and depth therapy
  • How to know you’ve found the right therapist
  • The importance of having someone by your side in your healing journey
  • Supporting others without trying to rescue them
  • The power of dreamwork as a bridge to your inner landscape
  • Practical tools for working with your dreams

This episode is for anyone navigating the unknown, standing beside a loved one in pain, or looking for a gentler way to meet hard places within.

You can find Tarryn at:

W: https://www.tarrynellison.com/

You can find Leora at:

 IG:@a_healing_guide_pod

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction 
01:37 Taryn's Approach to Therapy
04:45 Depth Therapy vs. Conventional Psychology
07:40 Finding the Right Therapist
10:49 The Role of Disturbance in Therapy
14:14 The Importance of Connection in Healing
18:48 How to help those navigating difficult times
21:54 Introduction to Dream Work
23:30 Understanding the Symbolism of Dreams
25:50 Practical Dream Work Techniques
30:12 Personal and Archetypal Symbols
37:35 Reconnecting with Your Inner World
38:27 Getting Started with Dream Work
41:32 Final Thoughts and Resources