IC07 Topical Panel 14 - Utilizing Literature, Music and Other Arts to Elicit Change - Cheryl Bell-Gadsby, MA, MFCC, John Frykman, PhD, Michael Hoyt, PhD, Michael Munion, MA
Utilization was one of the major innovations Dr. Erickson brought to the field of psychotherapy and hypnosis. It is one of the things that makes Ericksonian techniques so unique. In this workshop we will learn about the principle of utilization and how to use it in hypnosis.
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Ericksonian psychotherapy emphasizes the utilization of our resources. When I treat children with enuresis, I focus on resources and keep in mind that Ericksonian interventions should be brief because children may get tired of being in therapy for too long. Techniques tailored to a child and examples of inductions such as eye fixation utilizing toys will be presented. I will emphasize how to make several brief interventions quickly while utilizing "non human co-therapists" during home assignments, and the combination of conversational trance with tasks.
This workshop focuses on the practical applications of Milton Erickson's utilization approach and applications of hypnosis in working with children diagnosed with Asperger's and other high functioning autism spectrum disorders. There is evidence to suggest that more concrete and strategic applications of Erickson's utilization approach may better serve us when we treat ASD and other individuals with language, processing and attention disorders.
This presentation addresses the issues of teen anger and "acting out" from Erickson's utilization approach to treatment. Interventions psychotherapists can integrate into family therapy enhancing parent capabilities and encouraging improved relating to their teens will be presented. An experiential exercise will be provided helping attendees integrate hypnotic and strategic approaches into their treatments.
The utilization of body work and improvisational theatre can be employed for different therapeutic purposes. In a therapy group with sexually abused survivors, it is a useful tool in the tradition of Ericksonian therapy. Since sensory body work and improvisational theatre elements are excellent tools to absorb the patient's attention in an equally structured and playful way, they become actors and creators of their new body experience. This will be an experiential workshop.
Dreams are a non-threatening way in which the subconscious mind expresses information and gives clues to solutions within the patient's own frame of reference. Ericksonian techniques in the utilization of dreams will demonstrate how to guide development and help people find ways to accept and learn from each experience that life sends our way.
Children and their families face many challenges that, depending on how they are managed, will have long-lasting influence either for better or worse. In this presentation, we will focus on some of these challenges and will describe some helpful interventions derived from Ericksonian approaches that have been successfully applied in a multicultural school setting.
This is an experimental session incorporating six demonstration participants and a larger, non-participating observing audience. It will begin with a short introductory presentation on utilization, and proceed to demonstrate the "Tools for Trance" technique. The experience will reinforce abilities of inducing trance and develop skills in utilizing verbal and non-verbal information.
Incorporation of a few simple, easy-to-learn, easy-to-practice hypnotic interventions can be an effective adjunct to other treatment modalities. This workshop will offer participants a side-ranging selection of different hypnotherapeutic tools that can be used to promote affect regulation. Attendees will be introduced to the Affect Regulation Toolbox, a collection of tools with six therapeutic objectives to treat the over-reactive client: mindfulness, sensory awareness and cues, impulse control, co-existing affective states, resource utilization and positive affect development.