Few therapy approaches were designed specifically with adolescents in mind. Teenagers often describe therapy as irrelevant and boring. This approach replaces an emphasis on feelings, confidentiality, and non-judgmental support with a focus on therapist credibility, client accountability, and un-affected conversation – factors that are more affecting to these kids, many of whom never asked for our help in the first place. Participants learn how to establish themselves as credible figures to their teen clients, boldly hold those clients accountable for their choices, and build compelling conversations sentence by sentence that have genuine meaning and striking impact.
The expectation of change is central to doing Very Brief Therapy work. The theory and background of doing Very Brief Therapy will be given with many illustrations and examples. A variety of approaches for this work will be presented. The process will be illustrated with a volunteer.
We all have a feminine part and a masculine part, both yin and yang. Whereas the masculine part helps us to control things, analyze things, and make things happen in the world, the feminine part is our guide to, and the connection with our soul. We need ways to resonate with our feminine side in order to have direction, meaning and purpose, and to fulfill our mission in life. This workshop will address how hypnosis and some other strategies can be used to help us resonate with the feminine in our lives.
By ascertaining the "lived experience" of a person's trance state, we can create tailored inductions. We will explore the fundamental model of Ericksonian inductions.
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A key idea in Milton Erickson's work was that a person's problematic experiences and behaviors can be skillfully accepted and utilized as the basis for therapeutic change. Self-Relations psychotherapy develops this idea further, emphasizing symptoms as indicating the death of an old identity and the impending birth of a new identity. Thus, we don't try to "get rid of" depression, anxiety, or other "acting out/acting in" expressions, but instead invite them into a human relationship of "sponsorship", where their healing and helpful nature may be realized. We will see how a therapist can generate a ritual space where symptoms and other disturbing experiences can be "midwifed" into new identities.
Though heavily defended, personal identity is contextually reframable. This paradox is utilized for treating otherwise resistant and regressive post-traumatic and personality disorders. Patients are respectfully challenged to define who they are, what they stand for and where they’re heading. This methodology proves effective, cost efficient and safe.
A blend of sculpting and hypnotic language is an effective tool to move a client, a couple, a family, or an organization out of an impasse. You can sculpt any idea, family pattern, group process, hope, dream, obstacle or relationship by putting it outside the self and observing it, which re-organizes and metabolizes it on new levels.
Based on two models developed and implemented by Dr. Mills, this experiential workshop provides restorative approaches for expanding individual therapy to community healing after disaster. Cultural diversity, natural healing, spirituality, storytelling and “story crafts” will be utilized to demonstrate how to reawaken innate resiliency. Inherent in the models being addressed are the philosophies of Milton Erickson, Native Americans, Hawaiians and other transcultural teachings, along with the principles of play therapy.
This faculty will discuss and demonstrate two confusional inductions along with a range of story applications for common clinical problems including anxiety and mood disorders, anger management, insomnia, ego-strengthening and unconscious problem-solving. Unconsciously-directed techniques will also be addressed. There will be discussion of the applications of story techniques in both hypnosis and standard psychotherapy.
The diagnosis of depression has two very different realities which can make treatment difficult. We will describe a depression that begins with acute and chaotic symptoms. The use of hypnosis in the beginning acute and chaotic phase is very important and usually has a quick and effective result.