Therapeutic Trances: The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy

ISBN-13: 9781138584358 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 366 str.

Stephen Gilligan

Opis

Therapeutic Trances is a manifesto of the fundamental principles and techniques of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. This innovative volume lays out the principles and practice of developing relationships with patients, and creating a hypnotic environment in which true healing can take place.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Introduction to the Classic Edition  Foreword by Jeffrey K. Zeig.  Introduction 1: The Ericksonian Approach to Hypnosis 2: The Experience of Trance 3: The General Approach of the Ericksonian Hypnotherapist 4: Cooperation Strategies 5: Creating a Context for Therapeutic Trance 6: Associational Strategies for Developing Therapeutic Trance 7: Depotentiating Conscious Processes: Confusion Techniques 8: Balancing Associational and Dissociational Strategies: Practical Issues Regarding Therapeutic Inductions  Epilogue  References  Index

O autorze

Stephen Gilligan, PhD, is a psychologist in Encinitas, CA. He was one of the original Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) students at UC Santa Cruz; Milton Erickson and Gregory Bateson were his mentors. After receiving his psychology doctorate from Stanford University, he became one of the premier teachers and practitioners of Ericksonian hypnotherapy.