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BT06 Topical Panel 02 - Psychotherapy: Art or Science? - Stephen Lankton, MSW, DAHB; Scott Miller, PhD; Erving Polster, PhD; Frances Vaughan, PhD


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Topic Areas:
Topical Panels |  Art and Creativity |  Psychotherapy |  Brief Therapy
Categories:
Brief Therapy Conference |  Brief Therapy Conference 2006
Faculty:
Stephen Lankton, MSW |  Scott Miller, PhD |  Erving Polster, PhD |  Frances Vaughan, PhD
Duration:
59:19
Format:
Audio Only
Original Program Date:
Dec 08, 2006
License:
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Description:

Educational Objectives:

  1. To describe the use of brief therapy techniques in specific clinical situations.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*

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Stephen Lankton, MSW's Profile

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Stephen R. Lankton, MSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to his extensive training in Gestalt Therapy, and Transactional Analysis, he studied regularly with Milton H. Erickson, M. D. from July 1975 through December 1979. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis (since 2005) and a Life-Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). He has maintained a private psychotherapy practice and trained therapists worldwide for five decades.

He is a Diplomate in Clinical Hypnosis, an Emeritus Clinical Member of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), and Past-President of the American Hypnosis Board for Clinical Social Work. He is on the teaching faculty of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

Steve has received two Lifetime Achievement Awards: the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Psychotherapy” from the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, and the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to The Field of Hypnosis” from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

He served as Faculty Associate at Arizona State University (ASU) 2004-2008 and the ASU Graduate School of Social Work 2011- 2018 and was appointed by the Governor to the Arizona Board of Behavior Health Examiners where he served from 2009-2016 and was the Board Chairperson from 2014 to 2016.

He authored, co-authored, or edited 20 books on psychotherapy and hypnosis with translations in seven languages and over 68 chapters and peer reviewed articles including The Answer Within, and Tools of Intention and the recent “Chapter 8: States of Consciousness Model and Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis” in the Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis.


Scott Miller, PhD's Profile

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Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., is the founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. Dr. Miller conducts workshops and training in the United States and abroad, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results.


Erving Polster, PhD's Profile

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Erving Polster, Ph.D in clinical psychology, is the Director of The Gestalt Institute of San Diego, and the author of several important books, including Gestalt Therapy Integrated, Every Person's Life is Worth a Novel, and From the Radical Center: The Heart of Gestalt Therapy, as well as dozens of articles and chapters. Erving has authored 6 books. In his current writings, he offers perspectives and designs for a communal application of psychotherapy principles. He also describes and celebrates a powerful contemporary momentum for people-at-large to join together in the search for personal and social enlightenment.


Frances Vaughan, PhD's Profile

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Psychologist practicing in Mill Valley and author of many articles and several books integrating psychological health with spiritual growth. Her books include: Shadows of the Sacred: Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions; The Inward Arc: Healing in Psychotherapy and Spirituality; and Awakening Intuition. She has served as president of the Association for Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology, and was formerly on the clinical faculty at the University of California, Irvine. She is currently a trustee of the Fetzer Institute, a philanthropic foundation supporting research and education in mind-body-spirit health, and core faculty for the Alaya Institute end-of-life counselor training program. She is an internationally known educator in transpersonal psychology and was a pioneer in this field.


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