EP90 Invited Address 07b - The Wave Nature of Consciousness: Creating a New Mind-Body Psychotherapy for the Future - Ernest Rossi, PhD
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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Consciousness | Mind-Body | Psychotherapy | Psychosomatics | Stress
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990
- Faculty:
- Ernest Rossi, PhD | Carl Whitaker, MD
- Duration:
- 1:25:21
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1990
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description:
Evidence that the hourly and daily variations in our consciousness are related to the wavelike flow of messenger molecules operating on all levels from mind to gene will be reviewed. Stress, psychosomatic problems, and their resolution are a function of how we manage this wave nature of our consciousness. How do we create a new psychotherapy for the future that utilizes these natural windows of the mindbody?
Educational Objectives:
- To understand the wave nature of consciousness as a new common denominator between psychotherapy and the molecular biology of the gene
- To describe models we can use to guide the process of mind-body healing in psychotherapy right now
- To develop further prospects for learning how to maximize health with the wave nature of consciousness
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Outline:
Summary of Dr. Ernest Rossi’s Presentation
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Introduction & Background
Dr. Ernest Rossi, a union psychologist, collaborated with Milton Erickson in the 1970s.
He explores the wave nature of consciousness in psychotherapy.
Editor of Psychological Perspectives, donating journal samples to attendees.
Presentation Overview
Three-part focus: wave nature of consciousness, its sources, and psychotherapy applications.
Stresses biology’s role in understanding consciousness, citing key researchers.
Consciousness & Psychotherapy Innovations
Historical context: Freud, Jung, Erickson.
Recent breakthroughs from biology, not psychology.
Discusses mind-body interactions and critiques reductionist approaches.
Wave Nature of Consciousness
Introduces ultradian rhythms (90-minute cycles) and their impact on healing.
Links REM cycles, trance states, and therapy effectiveness.
Scientific Research & Validation
Walter Reed studies confirm ultradian rhythms.
Afternoon energy dips and their effects on performance.
Genetic Basis of Ultradian Rhythms
Research on gene expression cycles and mind-body connections.
Environmental and psychosocial factors influence genetic processes.
Clinical Applications
Practical use of ultradian rhythms in therapy.
Techniques to enhance well-being, performance, and stress reduction.
Interactive Exploration
Participants test nasal cycles to determine brain hemisphere dominance.
Rossi explains implications for consciousness and brain function.
Discussion & Q&A
Dr. Carl Whitaker praises Rossi’s approach.
Audience questions on sleep, pleasure, and practical applications in therapy.
Emphasis on integrating science and psychology for deeper understanding.
Credits
Faculty
Ernest Rossi, PhD Related Seminars and Products
Ernest L. Rossi, PhD, is an internationally renowned therapist, teacher and pioneer in the psychobiology of mind-body healing. The author of more than 24 professional books, Dr. Rossi worked with Milton Erickson for eight years and co-authored three classic volumes on therapeutic hypnosis with him. Rossi has also edited four volumes of Erickson's Collected Papers and four volumes of Erickson's Seminars, Workshops and Lectures. He has been conducting research in the psychosocial genomics of ultradian rhythms and their relation to mind-body healing and psychotherapy for over three decades.
Carl Whitaker, MD Related Seminars and Products
Carl Whitaker, MD, was an American physician and psychotherapy pioneer family therapist. Whitaker is most well-known for acknowledging the role of the entire family in the therapeutic process. He is the founder of experiential family therapy, or the symbolic-experiential approach to therapy. Rather than scapegoating one family member or even a specific family problem, experiential family therapy looks at the entire family system. Several other approaches to family therapy have drawn heavily from Whitaker's theories.