Module 1 - Week 3: Hypnotic Phenomena

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Brent Geary, Ph.D. Related seminars and products

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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.

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Objectives

1. Present the roles of utilization and indirection in the context of the Ericksonian model of brief hypnotic psychotherapy.
2. Utilize a variety of truisms as part of the hypnotic language patterns during hypnotic induction of clients.
3. Communicate the primary ways the hypnotic constellation is used in hypnotic psychotherapy with clients.

1. Articulate specific reasons why indirect and permissive language is effective during the induction phase of hypnotic psychotherapy with clients.
2. Appraise the use of the various dimensions of experience in which hypnotic subjects can be absorbed to facilitate the elicitation of trance during hypnotic psychotherapy.

1. Characterize the hypnotic phenomena according to their effect on creating, deleting, or distorting experiences for clients.
2. Determine the manner in which age regression can be utilized in induction with clients to create experiences.

1. Evaluate the ways clinicians can use “utilization” including incorporation, ratification, and positive attribution as the basis of therapeutic trance development with clients.
2. Utilize characteristics and resistance in trance induction with clients during hypnotic psychotherapy.

1. Utilize the phenomenological characteristics of hypnosis to advance trance with a hypnosis client.
2. Analyze the ARE method of the Ericksonian Elicitation Model as it applies to hypnotic psychotherapy with clients.

1. Analyze the role of indirect forms of language in facilitating responsiveness to hypnosis in clients.
2. Implement paraverbal techniques to enhance the delivery of hypnotic communication during hypnotic psychotherapy.

1. Provide a rationale for the utilization of indirect suggestion techniques in eliciting trace for therapeutic purposes.
2. Utilize metaphors and anecdotes in story telling to help clients shift their perspective during hypnotic psychotherapy.

1. Communicate the indications and contradictions for the clinical use of hypnosis.
2. Ascertain the importance of clinical supervision and/or consultation when utilizing hypnosis in psychotherapy.

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