Supervision Panel 4 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Goulding, Marmor and Silverstein
Educational Objectives:
To compare and contrast clinical and philosophical perspectives of experts.
Supervision Panel 5 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Beck, Kernberg and Zeig
Educational Objective:
To compare and contrast clinical and philosophical perspectives of experts.
Dialogue 01 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Working With Dysfunctional Hierarchies, featuring Cloe Madanes, Lic Pysch; and Paul Watzlawick, PhD.
Dialogue 04 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Current Controversies in Psychodynamic Therapy, featuring Otto Kernberg, MD; and James Masterson, MD.
Dialogue 06 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Symptom-Based Approaches or Growth Facilitation, featuring Albert Ellis, PhD; and Judd Marmor, MD.
Methods for training therapists customarily are directed to developing cognitive abilities. Using Milton Erickson as a model, an alternate, experiential approach is offered. The "evoking style" of the therapist determines the outcome of the treatment more than the theoretical and clinical methods to which the therapist ascribes.
The evolution of psychotherapeutic methods over the past 200 years from Mesmer through the psychoanalytic schools, behaviorism and current cognitive psychology tells a fascinating tale of our evolving understanding of human nature. In this address we will trace the development of fundamental techniques such as suggestion, free association, active imagination, gestalt dialogue, focusing, Erickson's indirect approaches and what I now call "The Basic Accessing Question."
Anyone can perform brief or short-term therapy, but unless pivotal issues are addressed, the treatment will, at best, be too narrow and restricted. It is essential to employ empirically established methods whenever possible, but also to have a framework and rationale for on-the-spot inventiveness. This Invited Address will explain how to be precise and targeted while also ensuring that interactive healing processes are put into effect.