IC07 Dialogue 10 - Developing Hypnotic Inductions in Therapy - George Gafner, MSW and Sonja Benson, PhD
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- Topic Areas:
- Dialogues | Hypnotic Induction | Therapy Practice
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 2007
- Faculty:
- George Gafner, LCSW | Sonja Benson, PhD
- Duration:
- 56:16
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2007
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: What does a thoughtful, flexible induction actually look like in practice? In this dialogue, Gafner and Benson move beyond scripts to explore how hypnotic inductions evolve in real clinical work. They discuss directive and confusional approaches, ego strengthening, early learning sets, voice shifts, and decision-making in sessions with anxiety, chronic pain, and insomnia. The conversation offers a practical roadmap for using hypnosis as an adjunct to therapy while staying responsive to the client’s experience.
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Faculty
George Gafner, LCSW Related Seminars and Products
George Gafner, MSW, LCSW, recently retired as director of family therapy and hypnosis training at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona, and continues to work there in a hypnosis study in the gastroenterology department. He is the author of four previous books on clinical hypnosis as well as 35 journal articles.
Sonja Benson, PhD Related Seminars and Products
Sonja Benson, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice. She earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the U of MN. She has worked as a medical psychologist at the VAMC, in EAP programs for two Fortune 500 companies and in private practice. Sonja is a member of the APA and ASCH. She has published two books on hypnosis with George Gafner.