
- Average Rating:
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Humor | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development | Couples Therapy | Strategic Therapy | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques
- Bundle(s):
- EP17 Audio Streaming Build a Bundle
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2017 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Stephen Gilligan, PhD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Bill O'Hanlon, MS
- Duration:
- 1:00:23
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 16, 2017
- Short Description:
- This panel highlights the strategic use of humor in therapy to enhance connection and engagement. Madanes shares examples of humor-driven interventions, O’Hanlon emphasizes breaking mental blocks while staying grounded, and Gilligan illustrates how humor can shift obsessive thinking. All panelists agree that humor works best when it’s authentic and strengthens the therapeutic relationship.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Art and Creativity | Brief Therapy | Therapist Development | Developmental Psychology | Family Therapy | Identity | Resistance
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2006 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Peggy Papp, ACSW
- Duration:
- 2:03:39
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 10, 2006
- Short Description:
- Creative strategies for overcoming therapeutic impasses by tapping into clients’ personal logic and beliefs. Techniques include reflective questions, writing exercises, symbolic rituals, and role-play to surface hidden emotions and resolve conflicts. Cases highlight how these methods help clients gain insight and foster change, including a boy’s recovery from a psychotic break and a couple's use of storytelling and observation to rebuild connection and empathy in their relationship.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Art and Creativity Brief Therapy Therapist Development Client Empowerment Adolescents Identity Development Observation Reframing Resistance Symptom as Solution Tailoring Utilization Intergenerational Dynamics Emotional Regulation Parenting Empowerment Indirect Suggestion Naturalistic Family Beliefs Emotional Debits Forgiveness Paradoxical Interventions Systems Change