BT06 Short Course 21 - Carpe Nocturne: Reclaiming the Night - Deborah Beckman, MS
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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Dreamwork | Insomnia | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2006
- Faculty:
- Deborah Beckman
- Duration:
- 1:18:59
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2006
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: A course on clinical approaches to nightmares and chronic sleep disturbance using Ericksonian principles, lucid dreaming, and hypnotic language. Drawing from vivid case examples and sleep science, it shows how therapists can help clients reduce fear, re-enter sleep, and regain a sense of mastery without relying on dream interpretation. The work offers practical ways to engage imagination, shift nighttime helplessness, and restore sleep as a therapeutic entry point for broader change.
Syllabus Description: Dreaming is a vital, nightly function of the brain. Disturbing dreams or recurrent nightmares are frequent symptoms of an acute focus on unresolved conflicts and events. Clients can learn to reclaim comforting sleep even before the overt reasons for seeking therapy are directly addressed. The potential of individualized metaphors structured within lucid dreaming empowers clients to "seize" the night." Hypnotic techniques offer an intriguing path that bypasses a client's ingrained fear of "falling to sleep."
Educational Objectives:
- To identify strategic criteria for applying the dream restructuring technique.
- Given a trauma case, employ the dream restructuring techniques through an individualized metaphor.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
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