EP17 Clinical Demonstration 12 - Going off the Deep End: Rediscovering our Magical Roots in Healing and Psychotherapy - Scott Miller, PhD
The role of magick in physical and psychological healing is staging a comeback. Recently, the world’s two most populous countries have called upon folk healers, herbalists, and spiritual guides to address the pressing mental health needs of their citizenry. However the methods are believed to work—whether by the operation of spirits, the rebalancing of disharmonious energies, or other unknown powers—each approach shares a common denominator: the conviction that forces outside awareness, inaccessible to reason or direct observation, influence or even control life. Crucially, those viewed by the public as possessing the power to connect with such forces, are regarded as healers. It’s time for Western therapists to rediscover their magickal roots. This demonstration will identify and show possibilities for healing far beyond what the current and popular
EP17 Clinical Demonstration 12 - Going off the Deep End: Rediscovering our Magical Roots in Healing and Psychotherapy - Scott Miller, PhD
The role of magick in physical and psychological healing is staging a comeback. Recently, the world’s two most populous countries have called upon folk healers, herbalists, and spiritual guides to address the pressing mental health needs of their citizenry. However the methods are believed to work—whether by the operation of spirits, the rebalancing of disharmonious energies, or other unknown powers—each approach shares a common denominator: the conviction that forces outside awareness, inaccessible to reason or direct observation, influence or even control life. Crucially, those viewed by the public as possessing the power to connect with such forces, are regarded as healers. It’s time for Western therapists to rediscover their magickal roots. This demonstration will identify and show possibilities for healing far beyond what the current and popular
EP17 Clinical Demonstration with Discussant 01 - Using Stories to Create Change in Psychotherapy - Bill O'Hanlon, MS and Cloe Madanes, LIC, HDL
Bill O'Hanlon will demonstrate the gentle power of using stories to create change in therapy through two clinical demonstrations. Come witness
the fun and evocative way stories can invite people into change.
EP17 Clinical Demonstration with Discussant 01 - Using Stories to Create Change in Psychotherapy - Bill O'Hanlon, MS and Cloe Madanes, LIC, HDL
Bill O'Hanlon will demonstrate the gentle power of using stories to create change in therapy through two clinical demonstrations. Come witness
the fun and evocative way stories can invite people into change.
EP17 Clinical Demonstration with Discussant 05 - The Therapeutic Conversation: A Reunion of the Minds - Erving Polster, PhD and Peter Levine, PhD
Personal disturbance is accompanied by feelings of disconnection within one’s self and with others. Reconnection is accomplished when
the therapist guides the patient into a fertile conversational stream - a moment to moment impetus toward personal resolution.
EP17 Master Class - Experiential Approaches Combining Gestalt and Hypnosis (I) - Jeffrey Zeig, PHD and Erving Polster, PHD
Gestalt therapy and Ericksonian hypnotherapy are experiential methods of change. In combination they can be synergistic. Psychotherapy is best when clients have a first-hand experience of an alive therapeutic process. Such dynamic empowering experiences pave the way for dynamic understandings. Drs. Polster and Zeig will engage with each other and the participants to examine commonalities and differences in their work.
EP17 Master Class - Experiential Approaches Combining Gestalt and Hypnosis (I) - Jeffrey Zeig, PHD and Erving Polster, PHD
Gestalt therapy and Ericksonian hypnotherapy are experiential methods of change. In combination they can be synergistic. Psychotherapy is best when clients have a first-hand experience of an alive therapeutic process. Such dynamic empowering experiences pave the way for dynamic understandings. Drs. Polster and Zeig will engage with each other and the participants to examine commonalities and differences in their work.
EP17 Master Class - Experiential Approaches Combining Gestalt and Hypnosis (II) - Jeffrey Zeig, PHD and Erving Polster, PHD
Gestalt therapy and Ericksonian hypnotherapy are experiential methods of change. In combination they can be synergistic. Psychotherapy is best when clients have a first-hand experience of an alive therapeutic process. Such dynamic empowering experiences pave the way for dynamic understandings. Drs. Polster and Zeig will engage with each other and the participants to examine commonalities and differences in their work.
EP17 Master Class - Experiential Approaches Combining Gestalt and Hypnosis (II) - Jeffrey Zeig, PHD and Erving Polster, PHD
Gestalt therapy and Ericksonian hypnotherapy are experiential methods of change. In combination they can be synergistic. Psychotherapy is best when clients have a first-hand experience of an alive therapeutic process. Such dynamic empowering experiences pave the way for dynamic understandings. Drs. Polster and Zeig will engage with each other and the participants to examine commonalities and differences in their work.
EP17 Speech 09 - In-Depth Thinking on the Role of Psychotherapy Today - Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
In her new Audible original audio series: Where Should We Begin, Esther Perel invites the listener into the raw intimate space of real anonymous couples who are participating in unscripted counseling sessions. In opening the closed doors of psychotherapy, she stands to redefine not only the boundaries of therapy, but also the communal nature of healing. The project raises some timely questions: If one of therapy's aims is to create a space for meaningful, challenging and authentic conversations between partners, can it broaden its aim and address relationships in today’s complex world in general. Can it serve to strengthen and improve human connection in society at large? What does therapy offer that differs from coaching? Where do thought leaders and psychotherapists intersect?