Description: This conversation hour offers an inside look at how Ericksonian hypnosis is practiced, adapted and expanded across Latin America. Clinicians from Mexico and Brazil discuss cultural influences on trance, the role of traditional medicine, and the balance between scientific rigor, intuition and spirituality. Participants hear how Ericksonian ideas take shape in diverse communities and why flexibility, cultural sensitivity and creative use of hypnotic language are essential in these settings.
Jorge Abia, MD, has been the co-director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Mexico City since 1989. Dr. Abia has training in internal medicine, family therapy, and Ericksonian hypnotherapy, and has 25 years of experience as an Ericksonian hypnotherapy clinician, teacher, researcher and programs designer. He is co-author of a 1,500 page teaching program and author of a self-hypnosis book.
Teresa Robles, PhD, has a Master Degree in Social Anthropology, a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology and a training in Systemic Family Therapy. She has introduced Ericksonian Hypnosis in Mexico, and has adapted it to Spanish and Portuguese. She is co founder of the first Milton H. Erickson Institute in Mexico City and the founder of the Mexican Ericksonnian Centre that is considered by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology at a level of a University. The Centre has created the first Master Degree Program in the world of Ericksonnian Psychoterapy.