IC01 Workshop 27 - The Need For Connection: Building Relationships That Are Therapeutic - Dan Short, PhD
Therapeutic rapport is prerequisite not only to hypnosis but also to most forms of intervention. In
this workshop, participants will learn strategies not commonly taught, such as how to develop a
sincere interest in the well-being of clients whom you initially dislike, how to recognize and respond
to the strength/fragility of the client's ego and when to use confrontation as a method of building
trust and mutual respect.
IC01 Workshop 01 - Building the Therapeutic Alliance Hypnotically - Michael Yapko, PhD
Almost every therapeutic model emphasizes the importance of the therapeutic alliance. In this
workshop, we will consider how conducting relatively simple hypnotic processes (e.g., for teaching
relaxation) can serve to en enhance the alliance and prepare the client for gradually more complex
sessions (e.g., for teaching elaborate skills).
Practitioners of hypnosis use a special grammar to elicit a special phenomenology. These linguistic forms can be applied to empower over psychotherapy even without formal trance. There will be lecture, demonstrations and practice.
IC01 Workshop 23 - Ericksonian Play Therapy - Joyce Mills, PhD
With the healing power of story and play at its center, this experiential workshop will provide
participants with the essential elements of the Ericksonian Play Therapy model. While emphasizing
cultural diversity, natural healing abilities and creative solutions, participants will learn specific
"therapeutic stepping stones" that will help children and adolescents rediscover joy, empowerment and
their ability to soar.
IC01 Workshop 03 - The Neglected Self in Hypnotic Psychotherapy - Stephen Gilligan, PhD
For hypnosis to have therapeutic value, it must be able to activate and work with disconnected
parts of a person's self-identity. We will examine different ways to access and stay connected to
these "neglected selves" during hypnotic work.
Participants will be guided through several exercises to help them learn and practice the construction of six forms of indirect suggestions, four therapeutic binds and four verbal confusion techniques. A demonstration using these forms will illustrate the implementation of this set of language techniques for the induction process and how they elaborate simple metaphor. Reasons for the use of indirect suggestions, binds and confusion in treatment and their effect will be addressed and demonstrated.