James Hillman (2009) Hillman reveals how to bring “soul talk” back into modern psychotherapy. The case history of a client is the diagnosis, present complaint, family history, employment history, but nothing of the “soul” of the person. Dr. Hillman assures us that we can almost ignore the case history. Using “soul” talk (Longings, dreams, secrets, how a client accepts joy and sorrow) takes the session out of the box and returns a resonance to psychotherapy that it has lost.
Interventions often fail because the client is not yet truly motivated for change. Motivational interviewing elicits intrinsic motivation and is highly effective in conjunction with Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). Participants will recognize language demonstrating readiness for change and learn how to integrate SFBT interventions to bring about lasting change.
Topical Panel 02 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 - The Initial Interview
Featuring David Barlow, PhD; John Gottman, PhD; Julie Gottman, PhD; and Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Moderated by Stephen Lanktom, MSW
This workshop is an experiential session designed to compare and contrast views of self with the view of self as compared by others in a therapeutic interview.
Skilled brief therapists just ask miracle questions or scaling questions. They must know how to ask questions in ways that do not undermine client motivation.
Topical Panel 04 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 2000 - The Initial Interview
Featuring William Glasser, MD, Mary Goulding, MSW, Harriet Lerner, PhD, and Alexander Lowen, MD.
Moderated by Jon Carlson, Psy.D, Ed.D
Educational Objectives:
To describe socratic questioning.
To give examples of three negative automatic thoughts.
To give examples of three dysfunctional beliefs.
Educational Objectives:
To describe the three-step Basic Accessing Question to facilitate reactive reorganization of the problem.
To demonstrate two variations of the Basic Accessing Question in Depth Psychotherapy.