Our ethics
A dream belongs to the dreamer — only the dreamer can say what it means. That is not a slogan. It is the rule the whole product is built to keep.
What Tarn Reflection is
Tarn Reflection never tells you what your dream means. It offers a reading in the spirit of Montague Ullman’s classic projective method, “if it were my dream,” and stops there: an invitation to test against your own felt sense, not a verdict to accept. You are free to disagree with every word. What Tarn shows you is a mirror, not an oracle.
Grounded in the dreamwork field
This follows the ethics guidelines of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD), which hold the dreamer as the final authority on a dream’s meaning and warn that assigning that authority to anyone else can mislead or harm. We aim to be aligned with those guidelines. We do not claim to be certified or endorsed by IASD — there is no such certification for a tool like this, and we will not imply one.
A tool, not a therapist
Tarn is a tool. It does not diagnose, treat, or provide clinical care, and it will point you to a licensed practitioner rather than pretend to be one. For a dream that asks for more than a mirror, the deeper work belongs with a human you choose.
Your dream stays yours
Dream content is among the most personal things a person can share, and we handle it that way. Our data commitments — that your dreams are not used to train models, are not sold, and are not kept longer than needed — are set out in the Privacy policy, and hold to the same ethic as the product itself.
Prototype · July 2026. This statement is a working draft; it will be reviewed with a licensed practitioner before Tarn is live.