Author Archives: Veronica Tonay

About Veronica Tonay

International dream expert, Dr. Veronica Tonay, earned her masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in the early 1990s. She has been a licensed psychologist in private practice since 1997 (CA PSY 15379), and has taught psychology courses to undergraduates at the University of California at Santa Cruz since 1989.  Her work has been featured for over 25 years in many media outlets, such as Psychology Today, NPR Public Radio, abcnews.com, and The Chicago Tribune. Dr. Tonay was featured dream expert on the Discovery Health TV Channel's 3-episode miniseries, Dream Decoders. She has organized several dream conferences for the International Association for the Study of Dreams, and has published journal articles and three books, including: "The Creative Dreamer, Revised: Using Your Dreams to Unlock Your Creativity" (Ten Speed Press/Celestial Arts) and "Every Dream Interpreted," published in London by Collins & Brown.  She lives with her husband, Steven, in Santa Cruz, California, gardening, painting, writing, dancing, and dreaming.

Water Dreams

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Veronica Tonay

Now, here’s a dream from my mailbox and some general ideas for creative dreamers about what it might mean: I dreamed there was a huge tidal wave and it was wiping things out miles and miles from the shoreline… I … Continue reading →

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…Remembering More Dreams

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, dreamers, and thank you to those who wrote such kind comments! Autumn is in the air, with the leaves beginning their bright wave across the trees. Today, I am sipping some coconut creme tea as I write. Millions of … Continue reading →

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Sleeping better…

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, dreamers!  I’ve received a few dreams from you via email to drtonay@veronicatonay.com, and I’ll comment on one in the post after this one! Since my last post, I’ve given another dream workshop at the enchanted Rancho La Puerta spa … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Creative Dreamers!

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Veronica Tonay

I envision this as a place where people from all over can visit, have a cup of tea, and explore their dreams… Feel free to submit a dream, and explore dreams by other visitors by clicking the section to the … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Veronica Tonay

SONNETS TO ORPHEUS:  II, 12 (stanza 1) Desire change. Be enthusiastic for that flame in which a thing escapes your grasp while it makes a glorious display of transformation. That designing Spirit, the master mind of all things on earth … Continue reading →

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