I became fluent in dreams. So can you.
AS Katoch is a British Indian dream researcher and independent scholar at the Warburg Library, bridging Eastern and Western approaches to myth studies between the West Midlands, UK, and the Himalayan foothills of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Currently: Independent Scholar at Warburg Library (2024–present)
Speaking: International Association for Study of Dreams (2024 - Rolduc, Netherlands; 2025 - Bangalore, India, and IASD online conference)
Press: Featured in The Guardian (2024) and Deccan Herald (2025).
Education: MA Literary Linguistics (distinction, 2011) + BA English Studies (first class, 2010) - University of Nottingham
Specialisation: Cognitive mythopoetics of dream texts
Professional Training: Press Association certified journalist (2014) and WPF Therapy psychodynamic counselling foundation (2017)
Continuous Practice: Jungian analysis since 2015 with IAAP-accredited Jungian analyst; practising astrologer, tarot reader, yoga nidra practitioner, I Ching and dreamworker since 2015
Social Dreaming: Dream Circle on X Communities (2025); Interintellect salons on dreams and dreaming (forthcoming).
Becoming Dream Literate
Let’s move from "I'm someone who doesn't understand my dreams" to "I'm someone who reads the language of my unconscious wisdom"
If you've been seeking someone who understands that dreams aren't puzzles to be solved but languages to be learned, you've found the right place. Research shows that true transformation happens when clients fundamentally shift how they see themselves, not just what they do. When you become someone who trusts your dream guidance, everything changes.
Who You'll Become Through Dream Literacy
Foundation Identity: "I am someone who remembers and values my dreams"
Enhanced dream recall through ancestral yoga nidra practices
Cultural validation that dreams matter across human history
Growth Identity: "I am someone who reads my own dream language"
Independent pattern recognition using cross-cultural frameworks
Linguistic analysis skills for understanding symbolic narratives
Mastery Identity: "I am someone who lives guided by dream wisdom"
Integrated life decision-making through dream guidance
Sustainable practice for ongoing dream dialogue
Your Dreams Include All Forms of Guidance
Nocturnal Experiences: Night dreams, recurring patterns, and precognitive visions that reveal future possibilities
Spiritual Encounters: Dream visitations from deceased loved ones, spiritual guidance, and transcendent experiences
Conscious Dreaming: Lucid dreaming development, déjà rêve phenomena, and enhanced dream awareness
Life Aspirations: Creative visions, spiritual callings, and dreams for authentic living
Challenging Experiences: Nightmares, parasomnia, or difficulties with dream recall when you long to remember more
Dream Literacy Empowerment Approach
Moving Beyond Interpretation to Independent Fluency
I recognise that sustainable change happens when individuals shift their core self-concept. Rather than creating dependency on expert interpretation, my approach develops your enduring capacity for dream analysis using tools spanning 3,000 years of human wisdom.
Specialised Training for Dream Independence
My MA in Literary Linguistics enables precise discourse analysis of dream narratives, coding linguistic patterns that reveal meaning beyond surface symbolism. Journalistic training helps identify the essential story within complex imagery with clarity and swiftness. Psychodynamic counselling foundation ensures exceptional listening skills, because sometimes dreams simply need to be heard. As you do.
Drawing from over a decade of personal Jungian analysis with an IAAP-accredited analyst, alongside training in active imagination from CCPE London and Dr Leslie Ellis's focusing techniques for dreams and nightmare resolution, I offer frameworks that honour both psychological depth and cultural wisdom.
Cross-Cultural Dream Literacy Tools
Historical Methodologies: Spanning Indic, Hellenistic, Renaissance, Medieval Islamicate, and early modern English traditions for comprehensive symbolic understanding
Consciousness Practices: Yoga nidra (ancestral self-taught practice as decolonial approach) for enhanced recall and lucidity
Pattern Recognition: Sequential dream analysis for understanding recurring themes across health, relationships, and career guidance
Challenge Resolution: Compassionate support for nightmare transformation and parasomnia using proven focusing techniques
Textual Analysis: Detailed discourse analysis of written dream accounts revealing hidden narrative structures
Ongoing Practice: Jungian active imagination techniques for continued dream dialogue independence
Session Investment: £200 for 90-Minute Transformation
Developing Self-Processing Competence Rather Than Interpretation Dependency
This extended format allows thorough exploration of your dream literacy development without standard therapeutic constraints. The investment reflects specialised training combining linguistic analysis, psychological insight, and cross-cultural wisdom unavailable elsewhere.
Research demonstrates that identity-based coaching creates more sustainable change than behaviour-focused approaches because it addresses deeper beliefs about self-capability. When you embody your role as a dream-literate person, you gain lifelong access to inner guidance.
Payment requested 48 hours prior ensures dedicated preparation time for your transformation session. Available to clients throughout the UK and internationally via Google Meet, making specialised dream literacy accessible regardless of location.
Begin Your Dream Literacy Journey
Future-Based Identity Anchoring
When you become someone who trusts their dream wisdom, you'll discover guidance has been available all along. As someone who lives connected to unconscious intelligence, you'll find decisions become clearer and life direction more authentic.
Dreams arrive not as problems requiring expert solutions, but as communications in a language you can learn to speak fluently. Through developing dream literacy, you honour the profound intelligence that guides towards wholeness while maintaining independence from external interpretation dependency.
Contact me through the form below to begin your transformation from dream confusion to dream fluency.
Your dreams are waiting to teach you their language. Together, we'll develop your capacity to hear what they're saying.