She continues, “Dreams are a hidden resource which we can all tap in to for our personal benefit. I firmly believe that we each have the answers within to the challenges we face, and I offer the safe space and help to explore them along the way. It seems very much part of my destiny that I should help bring a new awareness of the power of dreams so that people can benefit. Understanding and interpreting our dreams can provide a gold mine of information; it’s a bit like finding buried treasure which many of us leave hidden or undiscovered, either because we are frightened of their meaning or feel we don’t have the time to explore them”.
"The principals I aim to live by are based on those I have embraced through practicing Reiki and Buddhism. My clients are unique and I do not judge or question anyone whose spiritual beliefs or values differ to my own. I am a Dream Worker, a qualified therapist professionally trained in counselling and coaching, who has worked with those affected by bereavement, trauma and stress for many years and who believes, like our ancestors, in the power of something very special; the power of our dreams. Our dreams can help us acknowledge the effects of the past and find our way forward. They can be a friend that asks us to take time out when we’re stressed and an outlet for our worries and fears. They can uncover buried treasure which allow our creative juices to flow through writing (Stephanie Meyer dreamt the Twilight Saga), art or music (Paul McCartney dreamt the tune to Yesterday). They can even help us understand that even nightmares, in their worst form, can be good for us. "
Known internationally as a Professional Dreamologist, Delphi’s qualifications and training include counselling, coaching and stress management. Delphi’s work covers those affected by life changing events including bereavement, pregnancy, divorce and redundancy as well as those just looking for ways to relax. Having worked in areas from Corporate Business to Voluntary Work, she continues to work in a variety of roles and settings and shares her Dream Work through websites, talks, workshops, magazines and media appearances.
As part of Delphi's ongoing commitment to providing a professional service and her own personal development, she participates in ongoing training and supervision to ensure she is working effectively with her clients. She works to high professional and ethical standards and works in accordance with a number of ethical frameworks including those of the International Stress Management Association (ISMA) and the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). Delphi is a Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and bound by their Ethical Framework for Good Practice. She is a founding member of the Dreams Network (UK), now known as the UK Dream Forum.
Delphi has also worked with famous brands like Johnson's and L'Oreal to help promote their 'Dream'-related products. For a detailed list of Delphi’s media apperances, qualifications and work you can visit her portfolio page by clicking here.
Where does the name Delphi come from?
Delphi (her real name from birth) was named after a famous town in Greece where centuries ago the Oracle at Delphi would be asked to predict the future at certain times of the year. Interestingly, The Oracle was also thought to be famous for her dream interpretations.
Delphi's Favourite Quotes Delphi has a strong interest in existential philosophy and is a big fan - and inspired by the works - Irvin Yalom and the work of Eckhart Tolle but one of her favourite quotes comes from a work of fiction by Jed Rubenfeld (below).
From The Interpretation of Murder, by Jed Rubenfeld (fiction, Headlin Publishing Group):
“There is no mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark of love put out by scorn or worse, indifference, cleaves to them or they to it. And so, they live each day within a shroud of yesterdays.
“A happy man does not look back. He doesn’t look ahead. He lives in the present.
“But there’s the rub. The present can never deliver one thing: meaning. The ways of happiness and meaning are not the same. To find happiness, a man need only live in the moment; he need only live for the moment. But if he wants meaning, the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life a man must re-inhabit his past however dark and live for the future however uncertain. Thus nature dangles happiness and meaning before us all insisting only that we choose between them.”
From Lau Tse:
"The way to do, is to be."
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.