A NEW SERIES FROM DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL

Dr. Alan Siegel, author of DREAM WISDOM, will interpret a wide variety of dreams to unlock the messages and creative possibilities of the world of dreams and demonstrate how dreams can guide us through stresses and life transitions and help us solve problems.

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Peter is chased by a can of tomato paste. Shannon discovers she’s a headless fish. Mary’s teeth are falling out. These may sound like scenes from a science fiction movie, but each bizarre event is real to the person experiencing it—the dreamer.

Each night, whether memorable or not, the average person has four to five dreams. But what do these dreams mean? And what do they tell us about ourselves? Discovery Health Channel unlocks the deepest secrets of the subconscious with the premiere of DREAM DECODERS.

In this enlightening three-part series, three of the world’s top dream analysts who are the “Dream Decoders”— Dr. Alan Siegel, Dr. Veronica Tonay, Dr. Marcia Emery, and Dr. Edward Bruce Bynum — help participants and viewers understand the messages of their dreams to foster greater emotional and psychological health.

Dreams often tell us what’s going on in our lives and help us cope with the emotional stages of our day-to-day experiences. Many of the dreams featured on the show are common and universal dreams. Whether being chased, falling or having our teeth fall out, these dreams are put into perspective on DREAM DECODERS.

DREAM DECODERS is filmed in front of a live-studio audience on a special “dream tank” set. Each episode evaluates the dreams of three or four people from different walks of life. With the help of host Steve Truitt, they share their most private, often recurring, dream or nightmare through verbal explanations and brief video re-creations. The Dream Decoders interview the dreamers about their personal experiences and current life challenges to uncover hidden clues in the depths of their psyches. The Decoders analyze these clues and offer their individual analysis to crack the dream code, giving the dreamers startling insight into their waking lives.

Throughout each hour, cameras follow participants off-stage to capture their candid thoughts about the Dream Decoders’ feedback. Also in episodes, Truitt turns the cameras on the studio audience – for the “enlightening round” – allowing studio members to relate their dreams and get a brief analysis from one of the Dream Decoders.

Each Dream Decoder has a different background and approach. Dr. Veronica Tonay is a renowned Jungian psychoanalyst and top-selling author who has researched dreams, creativity and personality for more than 20 years. Dr. Alan Siegel, is an assistant clinical professor at the University of California at Berkeley, an internationally known psychotherapist and author, and a pioneer in the field of dream study. Dr. Marcia Emery is a psychologist, an author, and the country’s foremost expert in intuition. And special guest Decoder, Dr. Edward Bruce Bynum is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, author and director of the Behavioral Medicine and Biofeedback Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Health Services.

DREAM DECODERS promises to be one of the most controversial, entertaining, and enlightening hours of television that our waking minds could experience…leaving us with something stimulating to think, and dream about. If you have questions or comments about the show, please email Discovery Health Channel’s viewer relations department at viewer_relations@discovery.com .

DREAM DECODERS is produced for Discovery Health Channel by Arden Entertainment. Dan Arden is Executive Producer and Dana Millikin is Supervising Producer for Arden Entertainment. For Discovery Health Channel, Donald Thoms is Executive Producer.

Discovery Health Channel takes viewers inside the fascinating and informative world of health and medicine to experience firsthand, compelling, real-life stories of medical breakthroughs and human triumphs. Currently in more than 58 million homes, Discovery Health Channel is the only 24-hour network and Web site – www.discoveryhealth.com  – devoted to what matters most – health.