This short course addresses the advantages of specific metaphorical techniques in hypnosis and psychotherapy for treating anger, depression, chronic pain, and for boosting self-efficacy. A novel group anger treatment will be presented that combines mindfulness principles within Erickson-type teaching tales. Indirect techniques will be discussed and demonstrated.
IC01 Short Course 11 - Ericksonian Techniques: A Footstep Into the Future - Audrey Sussman, MSW and Tish Schuman, MA
In this workshop, participants will learn powerful techniques to create change. We have
incorporated cognitive, behavioral and NLP techniques into Ericksonian methods to address the
unconscious mind for change. Participants will learn how to use these methods to quickly break
through limiting beliefs, treat clients who have panic or stress and will learn a self-hypnotic
exercise to help relieve insomnia.
IC01 Short Course 12 - The Relationship and Relevance of Dr. Rossi's Mind-Body Work to Other Therapeutic Modalities - Bruce Gregory, PhD
Over the past 20 years Dr. Rossi has innovatively expanded Ericksonian work by demonstrating
its connections to microbiology, chemistry, physics, chaos theory and mathematics. This course
will explore the relationship and relevance of Dr. Rossi's mind-body work to other forms of
psychotherapy. We will learn how mind-body work utilizes and integrates many of the core
processes used in the work of Winnecott, Klein, Jung, Gestalt, Masterson, Kohut and cognitive
therapy.
IC01 Short Course 13 - Working From the Inside Out - Dick Hatten, PhD
It is said Erickson invented a new theory for each patient. This requires working with the clients'
personal subjective experience (PSE). Imagine assuming that everything a person does makes
perfect sense, i.e. has an internal logic. Inventing a new theory requires "stepping inside" the
PSE to understand it and its logic. In this semi-experiential course, participants will learn
techniques for doing this and for working from the "inside, out" to effect therapeutic change.
IC01 Short Course 14 - Impact Therapy: A Multi-Sensory Approach to Counseling - Ed Jacobs, PhD
Impact therapy is a unique multi-sensory, active approach to counseling that integrates
counseling theories with creative counseling techniques. This approach accesses all the learning
styles of clients by putting both the counselor and client into action. Participants will learn simple,
creative techniques that use props (shields, filters, rubber bands, fuses), chairs, movement and
drawings to facilitate learning and retention.
IC01 Short Course 15 - Moving beyond victimization - Les Blandino, Jr., LPC, LMFT
The Madanes apology process is an active, respectful and humane approach, which helps those
traumatized by such family injustices as violence and incest begin to heal. Workshop participants
will witness how these powerful interventions have been used with actual cases. Examples
include work with the victim, victimizer, parents and other family members.
IC01 Short Course 16 - Advanced Strategic Therapy for Beginners: Therapy in the Language Experience of Human Beings - Donald Miretsky, MEd, CPC
This short course will teach advanced conceptualization and technique by summarizing it in the
language experience of human beings. This means teaching a four-step approach incorporating
everyday language, common sense concepts and humor so beginners as well as experienced
therapists can learn and apply the skills. This approach is demonstrated by case and video
presentation of severely disordered children.
IC01 Short Course 17 - The Oral Tradition: An Ericksonian Framework - John Parke, PsyD
This short course will introduce participants to a new framework for Ericksonian therapy drawn
from studies of oral tradition cultures. Members of oral cultures communicate in a style that is
similar to the way Milton H. Erickson performed psychotherapy. This course will introduce
participants to the patterns and habits of oral traditional communication and draw parallels to
Ericksonian work. The workshop includes a storytelling exercise.
IC01 Short Course 18 - The Client's Inner Guide as Mentor and Co-Therapist - Noelle Poncelet, PhD
Life-threatening addictions and diseases often open clients to welcome an inner guide in their
lives. Clinical cases reveal this guide as companion, parent, mentor and co-therapist and
illustrates the impact of their reparative relationship on clients' healing and recovery. Addressed
in this course are induction, anchoring and post-hypnotic methods. A hypnotic encounter/
reunion with such a guide will be demonstrated.
IC01 Short Course 19 - Adolescent Groups: The Challenge of Enchanting and Unbalancing - Sian Segal, PhD
This workshop describes a framework for working with groups of adolescents to elicit their
untapped competencies by providing a safe context for experimenting with new ways of relating
to themselves and others.