Monthly Archives: March 2015
CONVERSATIONAL INDUCTIONS: WE’RE TALKING TRANCE
Using the interaction of conversation and its feedback loops, it is relatively easy to induce moderate levels of therapeutic trance without performance anxiety during a clinical interview. This workshop outlines steps and strategies to incorporate naturalistic conversational inductions of hypnotic … Continue reading
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CONFUSION INDUCTIONS: A PRAGMATIC GUIDE (detailed)
This advanced level workshop in hypnosis outlines the theory of how confusion inductions work and with what populations. Participants will observe several demonstrations of confusion induction formats, then have opportunities for supervised practice.
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CONFUSION INDUCTIONS: A PRAGMATIC GUIDE
Confusion inductions will be discussed in terms of where and when to use them and with what client populations. Several formats will be presented with demonstrations and opportunity for skill training in small supervised practice groups.
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BRIEF AND EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS: A SOLUTION-FOCUS FRAMEWORK
A description of a workshop dealing with intervention and solution-focused therapy.
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A METAPHOR YOU: CUSTOMIZING STORIES AND ICONIC IMAGES FOR YOUR CLIENTS
Solutions to client dilemmas can often be constrained by their rules of context or conceptual paradigms in the family system or even within an individual. Sometimes what can be helpful is a metaphor or story constructed by the therapist, or … Continue reading
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DREAMING FOR GOOD HEALTH
Many people dream of having good health, wellness, and personal fulfillment, but few realize that they can use dreams to promote these benefits. This session will outline methods for dream incubation using imagery, and the use of Lucid Dreaming in … Continue reading
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WHAT’S A META FOR? HANDOUT
A shortened version of the article “WHAT’S A META FOR? DESIGNING AND DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC METAPHORS”. In this workshop participants will explore the rich world of indirection, metaphor, and symbol systems in theory and in practice in small groups. A special … Continue reading
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WHAT’S A META FOR? brief description
Solutions to client dilemmas can often be limited by their rules of context or conceptual paradigms in the family system or an individual’s perceived constraints. Sometimes what can be helpful is a metaphor or story constructed by the therapist, or … Continue reading
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THREE METHODS OF DESENSITIZATION
This workshop handout includes definitions and descriptions of three methods to overcome anxiety, fear and phobias associated with trauma. The approaches include Implosion, Systematic Desensitization, Expanding Videoscreen Desensitization, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
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THE TRANCE CONTINUUM: MEDITATION, BRAINWAVE ENTRAINMENT, AND HYPNOSIS
Great debates repeatedly seem to arise about the nature and properties of hypnosis, especially when compared with other practices to attain altered states of consciousness. For example, repeatedly hypnotists are asked to explain the difference between their practice and that … Continue reading
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