IC01 Short Course 15 - Moving beyond victimization - Les Blandino, Jr., LPC, LMFT
The Madanes apology process is an active, respectful and humane approach, which helps those
traumatized by such family injustices as violence and incest begin to heal. Workshop participants
will witness how these powerful interventions have been used with actual cases. Examples
include work with the victim, victimizer, parents and other family members.
IC01 Short Course 17 - The Oral Tradition: An Ericksonian Framework - John Parke, PsyD
This short course will introduce participants to a new framework for Ericksonian therapy drawn
from studies of oral tradition cultures. Members of oral cultures communicate in a style that is
similar to the way Milton H. Erickson performed psychotherapy. This course will introduce
participants to the patterns and habits of oral traditional communication and draw parallels to
Ericksonian work. The workshop includes a storytelling exercise.
IC01 Keynote 02 - The Basic Footprint of Erickson's Work - Steven Lankton, MSW, LMFT, DAHB and Ellen King, MA
The Basic Footprint is a model of change that represents and identifies Erickson's method for
change. It is a general umbrella under which we should be able to place any step of change or
intervention. Encounters that follow the Basic Footprint create change and any therapy that
steps through these stages reflects Erickson's approach and echoes his legacy. A description
of the Basic Footprint includes the steps: matching, blending, utilizing, introducing ambiguity,
reframing and co-creating outcomes.
IC01 Keynote 01 - Celebrating Erickson - Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD
Although patterns of Erickson's methods have been elucidated in the literature, many
remain obscure. Using videos from the Erickson Foundation Archives, Zeig will describe
complex patterns and indicate potential uses in psychotherapy.
IC01 Short Course 37 - Integrating Two Psychotherapy Approaches with Different Philosophical Positions: Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Collaborative Language - Blanca Iris Corzo, MA
As an Ericksonian psychotherapist, how do I open up a space to new frameworks that propose
different and even opposite ideas, such as Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Collaborative
Language? A general review of the main points that define both approaches will be done in order
to know the differences and similarities of both approaches. This course is aimed at inviting
these two positions to co-exist effectively during the psychotherapeutic process.
IC01 Invited Address - Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Shamanic Healing - Carl Hammerschlag, MD
The power to manipulate words and environments is a healing ceremony that moves patients
beyond their limitations. Ericksonian psychotherapists and shamans understand that the
process of change is an inner journey whose only prerequesite is a willingness to look within.
Using words, stories, imaginary beings, rituals and ordeals, healers help patients illuminate
the unconscious allowing them to create new ending to old stories.
IC01 Short Course 11 - Ericksonian Techniques: A Footstep Into the Future - Audrey Sussman, MSW and Tish Schuman, MA
In this workshop, participants will learn powerful techniques to create change. We have
incorporated cognitive, behavioral and NLP techniques into Ericksonian methods to address the
unconscious mind for change. Participants will learn how to use these methods to quickly break
through limiting beliefs, treat clients who have panic or stress and will learn a self-hypnotic
exercise to help relieve insomnia.
IC01 Keynote 04 - The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist and Systemic Thinker - Cloe Madanes, PhD
From Freud to Erickson to the current practice of psychotherapy, the nature of human problems
has remained the same. What has changed is which problems we consider are within the realm of
psychotherap-y to elucidate. When Erickson introduced the concept of directive therapy, the field
changed, not only in terms of how to do therapy, but also in terms of what are the issues a
therapist must address. Is there a place for the concept of evil, for the practice of justice, and for
the spiritual realm in therapy? What do we know today that we didn't know a hundred years ago?
How can we preserve the existence of the therapist as humanist, social activist and systemic
thinker?
IC01 Keynote 03 - Novelty, Gene Expression and Neurogenesis - Ernest Rossi, PhD
This is a practical, personal growth workshop demonstrating how the new neuroscience principles
of novelty, enrichment and physical exercise can be facilitated with creative replay and reframing
as the fundamental dynamics of Erickson's work.