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ERICKSONIAN PRINCIPLES IN CLINICAL INTERVIEWING

This workshop presents an extensive exposure to the theoretical and strategic principles that underlie Ericksonian hypnotherapy. Participants will focus on and practice utilizations, pattern matching, motivational preparation, pattern disruptions, dissociations and splitting, linking and cognitive reframing, and closure with consolidation.

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DUAL INDUCTIONS USING FAMILY MEMBERS AS COTHERAPISTS

Many family interactions can be described as powerful hypnotic inductions. A hypnotherapist can utilize these same patterns as a basis for naturally occurring inductions at opportune moments in family interviews, e.g., during simultaneous speech by several family members. Parents, partners, … Continue reading

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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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