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 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 27 - Curiosity and lgnorance.'A Natural and 'Failsafe" Method ofInducing and Deepening Hypnosis - David Johnson, Grad. Dipl. Appl. Psych.
This workshop will introduce the concept of "curiosity and ignorance" as a means by which
therapy can be performed in a wide variety of contexts, including:rapport building, shifting the
mood of the client, connecting the client with personal resources, highlighting and embedding
change, the treatment of pain, and as a seamless and "failsafe" hypnotic induction and
deepening technique. Demonstration and experiential exercises will be used.
The various aspects that contribute to low self-esteem in young women having a difficult relationship with their partner are helped with two Ericksonian techniques - - metaphors and symbolization. These aspects include healing emotional wounds, remaining at peace with their partner, learning to love themselves, working with social beliefs, limiting ideas and cultural prejudices and being responsible for their own well-being.
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.
This presentation poses a substance abuse treatment which acknowledges and accommodates the personal needs being addressed by substance use, bypasses perceived resistance and employs idiosyncratic psycho-biological learning to achieve a body-mind gestalt complementary to the client's sobriety. Client self-empowerment and relapse prevention are built into the intervention. This method develops a safe framework for addressing any subsequent mental health themes directly or indirectly related to substance misuse. Ideomotor questioning is employed in this procedure.
IC01 Short Course 12 - The Relationship and Relevance of Dr. Rossi's Mind-Body Work to Other Therapeutic Modalities - Bruce Gregory, PhD
Over the past 20 years Dr. Rossi has innovatively expanded Ericksonian work by demonstrating
its connections to microbiology, chemistry, physics, chaos theory and mathematics. This course
will explore the relationship and relevance of Dr. Rossi's mind-body work to other forms of
psychotherapy. We will learn how mind-body work utilizes and integrates many of the core
processes used in the work of Winnecott, Klein, Jung, Gestalt, Masterson, Kohut and cognitive
therapy.
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 14 - Impact Therapy: A Multi-Sensory Approach to Counseling - Ed Jacobs, PhD
Impact therapy is a unique multi-sensory, active approach to counseling that integrates
counseling theories with creative counseling techniques. This approach accesses all the learning
styles of clients by putting both the counselor and client into action. Participants will learn simple,
creative techniques that use props (shields, filters, rubber bands, fuses), chairs, movement and
drawings to facilitate learning and retention.