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.
Therapists sometimes say, "It's the journey that matters, not the destination." But, only therapists say that - not clients. Clients typically want results, and so it is largely up to the clinician to structure an effective intervention. In this workshop, we will consider the fundamentals of designing and delivering goal-oriented hypnosis sessions.
Much of the effectiveness of hypnotic communication comes from nonverbal processes. This workshop will guide participants in how to develop, sustain and use these nonverbal connections for both induction and utilization purposes. Special attention will be given to using hypnosis as a poetic language that touches, evokes and engages the felt sense of a person's meaning making 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 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 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 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.
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 Short Course 01 - Talk To Your Client's Eyes Not Just Their Ears! - Danie Beaulieu, PhD
Do you know that 60% of all information gathering to the brain comes from the eyes? Surprisingly
however, most therapies focus on ears. Have you ever felt that while you were talking to your
client's they were actually recording their own inner talk rather than your words? When we speak
to the eyes, we don't get that kind of distortion. This workshop will present different ways to
bypass the client's resistances and to trigger their other powerful learning systems. This
workshop will offer many new creative tools to address a wide range of psychological problems.
IC01 Short Course 02 - Treating the Out-of-Control Adolescent: A Grounded Theory Inquiry Into Haley's Work - Scott P. Sells, PhD
Treating adolescent with severe behavioral problems challenges even the most skilled
practitioner. To address this difficult population a four-year process-outcome research project led
to the discovery of a 15-step integrative treatment model. The process began with an intensive
case analysis of Jay Haley's work using a grounded theory approach, The concepts that emerged
were then tested in the field using outcome measures on 82 families over a two-year period. In
this way, the blending of qualitative and quantitative methods in a single study yielded results that
offered information that neither could provide alone.