What's PMID?

PMID is the Personalized Method for Interpretation of Dreams. It is a ground-breaking process developed by Eveland Fairfield for her graduate counseling thesis specifically to help individuals more easily and effectively understand and learn from their dreams.

During the eight-years of ongoing research conducted using the PMID dream interpretation method, the process has proven to:

1. Dramatically increase dream recall and understanding, with positive change often beginning almost immediately.
2. Create an in-depth understanding of the dreamer's own language.
3. Effectively highlight primary and secondary relationships in the dreamer’s life, and the emotions connected with each.
4. Provide clear connections between dreams and waking life activities and emotions to better understand and respond to life experiences.

The technique was originally developed for use by practicing counseling and psychotherapy professionals to more effectively work with patients' dreams, by giving professionals tools to help patients understand their own dreams — a much more effective approach than the typical experience of counselors interpreting dreams for the patient. The technique was also offered as an online Dream Interpretation course during an interim between developing the PMID model and researching it beyond the thesis. Read students' reaction to the PMID process.

However, it has also proven to be equally as effective as a "self-administered" process, meaning that individuals can make use of this process just as easily and effectively through self-learning.

Our continuing research shows that the PMID dream interpretation method is easily useable and useful for experienced and inexperienced dreamworkers and is adaptable to all dream types, including relationship dreams, as well as everyday dreams, and numinous dreams. Our research also shows that the PMID dream interpretation method monitors changes in thoughts, attitude and behavior over time to provide ongoing feedback to individuals about their ongoing growth and development.