Brainstorm Speaker Series: Dr. Deirdre Barrett

Tickets for Dr. Deirdre Barrett will be available to reserve here on Friday, August 21st, 2026 at 10:00 AM MST.

Center for the Arts, Teton County Library, and The Jackson Hole News&Guide are pleased to present the fourth season of the Brainstorm Speaker Series with support from The Library Foundation and Friends!

The 2026/2027 season kicks off on September 28th, featuring dream specialist Dr. Deirdre Barrett.

**New this year, any seats that remain empty 10 minutes before showtime will be offered to patrons on the standby waitlist. This will help ensure that this free series reaches as many members of the Jackson community as possible.**

Dr. Deirdre Barrett

Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. is a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard where she teaches courses on dreams to undergraduates, psychiatry residents & psychology interns, and lectures on hypnosis.

She is President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and Past-President of the Society for Psychological Hypnosis. She has written five books including “Pandemic Dreams The Committee of Sleep”, and “The Pregnant Man: Cases from a Hypnotherapist’s Couch.”  She is the editor of four additional books including “Trauma and Dreams.” She is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, “DREAMING.” Dr. Barrett has published dozens of academic articles and chapters on dreams, hypnosis, sleep talking, and evolutionary psychology. Her current work focuses on dreams and creative problem solving, lucid dreams, and AI.

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