As an adult, the occasional nightmare is totally normal; we all have dreams that give us the chills every once in a while. But if you consistently find yourself jolting awake, movie-style, from dreams about puppies biting your face off and desperately avoiding one-eyed serial killers, it could be a sign of nightmare disorder —…
Continue ReadingSince I typically struggle to remember what I had for breakfast on any given morning, it’s remarkable that I still sharply recall a dream I had when I was 4 years old—probably because it was the first time I can remember vividly thinking about a dream after waking up. I was in the middle of…
Continue ReadingUnREAL or unearthly? Actress Ashley Scott, who recently portrayed mentally disturbed mom Mary Newhouse on Lifetime’s UnREAL, welcomed her second child in real life less than two months ago. To help with the stresses of her newly expanded family and her career, she turned to dream psychology with Dr. Carder Stout, who analyzes dreams and…
Continue ReadingYour psyche is trying to talk to you — listen to it. Have you ever woken up from a dream that had you really scratching your head, wondering what the heck it really means? The famous Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Jung analyzed 20,000 dreams over the course of his lifetime and theorized that dreams were…
Continue ReadingDr. Carder Stout came late to the world of psychotherapy: After working for Warner Brothers and then branching out to do his own thing in the film industry, he went back to school for his Masters in Psychology in 2004. One of the lovely things about Carder’s approach is that his goal with all patients…
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