Dr. Shanee A. Stephakoff presents “Dreams Decoded: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Insights”

Please join Dr. Shanee A. Stepakoff as she presents Dreams Decoded: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Insights

Thursday, May 14, 2026, 6:30 pm at Norway Memorial Library

Dr. Shanee A. Stepakoff is a professional dream interpreter, a licensed clinical psychologist, writer/poet, registered biblio/poetry therapist, summa cum laude graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington (BA, 2020), and currently a PhD candidate in literature at the University of Rhode Island. She will present a variety of dream interpretation methods used in ancient civilizations, including those from Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and China. She will then describe a range of contemporary methods for working with dreams in psychotherapy, which she has used in her psychotherapy practice. These methods are primarily informed by Jungian theory, but also draw upon a few ideas from Freud – some that she considers obsolete and others that she believes remain valid. Next, she will discuss some commonalities and resonances between the approaches derived from ancient wisdom and those used in psychotherapy. She will then invite questions and discussion. The aim is to deepen and enrich our understanding of dreams and to explore some ways that working with dreams can improve our daily lives.

Norway Memorial Library is located at 258 Main Street, Norway, Maine. For more information, please call the library at 743-5309