Hypnotherapy has been an under-used tool in social work. However, the principles of Ericksonian hypnotherapy are quite congruent with social work especially in serving at risk populations. Examples of how to use Ericksonian hypnotherapy and evaluate outcomes with at risk populations will be presented.
Hypnosis is an experiential method of "gift wrapping" ideas. With or without formal trance, hypnotic methods can be used in the assessment and intervention process of couples therapy.
IC01 Short Course 32 - Ericksonian and Educative Hypnotherapy: Communications - Bayard Galvao, Lie. Psychol.
What is communication? How does one communicate? How does one achieve an efficient
communication? How many types of communication are there? What are the implications of
each kind of communication? How can one use communication in psychotherapy and
hypnotherapy? how would Erickson use the so-called informal trance and hypnosis? The
answers to these questions raise other questions that are relevant; how much can be understood
when one understands communication?
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.
The evolution of psychotherapeutic methods over the past 200 years from Mesmer through the psychoanalytic schools, behaviorism and current cognitive psychology tells a fascinating tale of our evolving understanding of human nature. In this address we will trace the development of fundamental techniques such as suggestion, free association, active imagination, gestalt dialogue, focusing, Erickson's indirect approaches and what I now call "The Basic Accessing Question."
The Basic Accessing Question is a simple fail-safe approach to accessing inner resources and creative problem solving by the patient with a minimum of suggestion by the therapist.