IC07 Workshop 27 - Between the Monkey and the Kangaroo – the Bear in the Zoo – a Case Study Extraordinaire - Norma Barretta, PhD and Philip Barretta, MA, MFT
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Case Discussions
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 2007
- Faculty:
- Norma Barretta, PhD | Phillip Barretta, MA, MFT
- Duration:
- 1:31:09
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 09, 2007
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: This workshop offers an in-depth look at how Ericksonian hypnosis and metaphor can be used with complex, high-risk clinical presentations, including severe depression, eating disorders, trauma, and suicidality. Through an extended case narrative, participants see how indirect suggestion, paradox, and carefully chosen metaphors interrupt rigid survival patterns while preserving client control and dignity. The session illustrates how tracking small changes, working with resistance, and privileging future-oriented choice can support profound change without forcing insight before a client is ready.
Syllabus Description: Giulia’s story began almost 30 years ago while Milton Erickson was still with us. He offered amusingly bizarre suggestions to us about what to do with her. Those suggestions lead to several metaphors which helped her to create an escape plan from the “zoo” in which she was trapped.
Educational Objectives:
- Given a metaphor, identify the hidden message.
- Given a patient's metaphor, show how to reframe it.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Credits
Faculty
Norma Barretta, PhD Related Seminars and Products
Dr. Norma Barretta, PhD, studied with Milton Erickson and has been teaching the use of hypnosis, neuro-linguistics, communication skills, personal growth, self-differentiation and the power of language since 1975. She is a partner in the Madrid- Los Angeles Erikson Institute and is frequently a faculty member for the Erickson Foundation Congresses. She currently teaches in Spain, Poland, Italy, Canada and for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis in the United States. She is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She has recently been learning about the power of sound from her daughter, Jolie Barretta Keyser, and is now using sound with some of her private patients.
She has taught for the International Society of Hypnosis and the European Society of Hypnosis.
Phillip Barretta, MA, MFT Related Seminars and Products
Norma Barretta, PhD, & Philip Barretta, MA, MFT, were partners since 1948, had been working together since 1972. They taught regularly in the United States, Italy, Poland, Spain, and occasionally other countries. Norma continues to see patients in her private practice and Phil helps with couples and families. They often used the double induction in their work as a team. They have been honored for their service to the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and are both frequent faculty for ASCH. They were regular faculty for the Southern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis and serve on the SCSCH Board. They have written numerous chapters for other people’s books and are still working on two books of their own.