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Ericksonian Approaches to Brief Hypnotic Psychotherapy – Fundamental
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No prior knowledge or experience in Ericksonian approaches is needed for this level. Primary emphasis is upon elicitation of therapeutic trances, and ways to utilize these states in focused treatment. You will be able to begin to integrate hypnosis into your practice at the conclusion of the Fundamental Training.
Outline
- Fundamentals of Hypnotic Induction
- Observational Processes & The Language of Suggestion
- The Language of Suggestion
- Hypnotic Phenomena
- Utilization
- The Phenomenology of Hypnosis
- The Language of Hypnosis
- Indirection
- Treatment, Planning & Integration
Objectives
Week 1: Fundamentals of Hypnotic Induction: Observational Processes & The Language of Suggestion
- Define the concepts of utilization and indirection in the context of the Ericksonian model.
- Enumerate five truisms that can be utilized in hypnotic induction.
- List five elements of the Hypnotic Constellation.
Week 2: Fundamental Induction Continued: The Language of Suggestion
- Identify at least three reasons for using permissive language in hypnosis.
- List the steps of the “A-R-E” hypnotic induction model.
- Cite at least two dimensions of experience in which hypnotic subjects can be absorbed to facilitate the elicitation of trance.
Week 3: Hypnotic Phenomena
- List at least four hypnotic phenomena
- Discuss the manner in which age regression can be utilized in induction
- Explain why amnesia is difficult to directly elicit.
Week 4: Utilization
- Define “Utilization”
- Describe at least three ways to “utilize” client’s characteristics.
- Describe at least three ways to “utilize” the patient’s resistance in trance induction.
Week 5: The Phenomenology of Hypnosis
- List the five phenomenological characteristics of hypnosis
- Given a hypnosis patient, indicate how to use the hypnotic phenomenology to advance trance.
- Describe the ARE model
Week 6: The Language of Hypnosis
- Define “implied causative”
- Discuss the role of indirect forms of language in facilitating responsiveness to hypnosis.
- List three paraverbal techniques that enhance the delivery of hypnotic communication.
Week 7: Indirection
- Provide a rationale for the utilization of indirect techniques in psychotherapy.
- Explain the difference between a metaphor and an anecdote.
- List five themes that are common in therapeutic anecdotes
Week 8: Treatment Planning & Integration
- Discuss the importance of supervision and/or consultation in learning to use hypnosis.
- Explain why hypnosis should not be recorded in public media.
- List indications and contradictions for the clinical use of hypnosis.
Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
Jeffrey Zeig, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of Milton H. Erickson Foundation. Dr Zeig is the architect of The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference, the Brief Therapy Conference, the Couples Conference, and the International Congresses on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. He is on the Editorial Board of numerous journals; Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 29, Psychotherapy); and Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academy of Practice in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice and an Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. A clinical psychologist, Dr. Zeig has a private practice, and conducts workshops internationally (40 countries). He has edited, co-edited, authored or coauthored more than 20 books on psychotherapy that appear in 12 foreign languages.
Brent Geary, Ph.D.
Brent B. Geary, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 1988, he has also been the Director of Training for the Milton H. Erickson Foundation. Dr. Geary has presented internationally on Ericksonian topics since 1991 and throughout most of the United States. He is coeditor of two books with Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph,D., The Handbook of Ericksonian Psychotherapy and The Letters of Milton H. Erickson.
Lilian Borges, MA, LPC
Lilian Borges, MA, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor with more than 18 years of experience doing and teaching psychotherapy, Ericksonian hypnosis and brief therapy. She is an invited teacher at the Milton Erickson Foundation for their extensive hypnosis training programs. Lilian has been conducting seminars in the United States and internationally about couples therapy, and Ericksonian therapy.
