This presentation of a session from a recent EFT training DVD will demonstrate the key elements in a prototypical EFT session; the creation of secure base; unfolding primary emotion; and creating transforming enactments. This session also shows how EFT works with an escalated and in-crisis couple facing PTSD and the echoes of war.
EP13 Conversation Hour 03 – Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW
Educational Objectives:
Analyze and assess the philosophies of various practitioners and theorists.
Stephen Gilligan (2008) demonstrates the induction of a trance with a volunteer who wants to “feel at home” with herself, but often feels disconnected and scattered. He invites intention and uses mindfulness and body movement to release the weight of fear and disconnection. Afterward, the volunteer claims the experience was “intense,” and “beautiful.”
You will see a model derived from Dr. Erickson's work that does not involve suggestion as the hypnotic method for creating change, but instead evocation. This gentle, empowering method avoids imposing the therapist's theories and values on the client.
Through podcasts and experiential exercises we will demonstrate clinical work around sexuality and intimacy with couples.
Educational Objectives:
Identify common blocks to eroticism including the fear of abandonment or entrapment, as well as how our emotional history shapes our erotic blueprint.
Describe three strategies to help couples cultivate eroticism and bring a greater sense of aliveness to their relationship.