IC01 Short Course 09 - Altering, Not Abolishing - Douglas Flemons, PhD
Milton H. Erickson once said that the task of therapists "is that of altering, not abolishing"
symptoms. this short course will put this statement in theoretical context, explaining why the
attempt to negate a problem ends up entrenching it. using case examples, the presenter will
illustrate how to use the logic and practice of hypnosis to help clients alter their relationship with
their symptoms and to invite therapeutic transformations.
IC01 Short Course 33 - Be Happy and Stop Smoking - Francine-Helene Samak, Dipl. Psych.
There are many methods to use to stop smoking, so why choose hypnosis? With hypnosis, it is
possible to help the client to respect his personality, way of life and his personal reasons which
brought him to smoke and now to stop smoking. We will proceed by walking in the shoes of
Milton H. Erickson and help people to stop smoking in a unique 5-step session.
This workshop presents a structured protocol for resolving repressed, suppressed or otherwise dated affect using ideomotor questioning. Essential to this model is a progressive ratification series that addresses affect, cognition and behavior. A questioning tree illustrates a Socratic means of affect inquiry. This non-invasive, brief procedure is a useful adjunct to other treatment modalities and instrumental in clarifying the focus of treatment.
IC01 Short Course 23 - Working with Creativity: Milton H. Erickson's Ecology of Inner Resources - Liliana Cane, PhD
Milton H. Erickson, who endowed psychotherapy with an attitude of openness and creativity,
conceptualized symptoms as an access way towards unconscious creative resources. Listening
to the client's symptoms with an open and creative attitude can lead to a transformational
dialogue that modifies the ecology of inner resources. Deep and long-term healing are activated
in short-term interventions.
IC01 Short Course 25 - Ways to Treat Pain and Anxiety - Christine Guilloux, DESS Psychol.
After redefining the notion of dissociation, this workshop will provide examples of techniques for
changing a client's habitual way of thinking, feeling, behaving and experiencing his/her pain;
helping him/her transform it and/or make it disappear. These techniques apply to "imaginary"
pain, chronic or recurring pain and to anxiety experienced with pain. Illustrations and comments
will be given through case examples.
IC01 Short Course 13 - Working From the Inside Out - Dick Hatten, PhD
It is said Erickson invented a new theory for each patient. This requires working with the clients'
personal subjective experience (PSE). Imagine assuming that everything a person does makes
perfect sense, i.e. has an internal logic. Inventing a new theory requires "stepping inside" the
PSE to understand it and its logic. In this semi-experiential course, participants will learn
techniques for doing this and for working from the "inside, out" to effect therapeutic change.
IC01 Short Course 32 - Ericksonian and Educative Hypnotherapy: Communications - Bayard Galvao, Lie. Psychol.
What is communication? How does one communicate? How does one achieve an efficient
communication? How many types of communication are there? What are the implications of
each kind of communication? How can one use communication in psychotherapy and
hypnotherapy? how would Erickson use the so-called informal trance and hypnosis? The
answers to these questions raise other questions that are relevant; how much can be understood
when one understands communication?