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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) | Anger | Humor | Psychotherapy
- Bundle(s):
- Pioneers of Psychotherapy Bundle
- Categories:
- Pioneers of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2000
- Faculty:
- Albert Ellis, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 00:51:00
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 27, 2000
- Short Description:
- Albert Ellis (2000) demonstrates with two volunteers. The first volunteer is angry and intimidated by her supervisors. Humor and imagery are incorporated. The second volunteer feels a need to control others and is angry when she can’t. Ellis uses imagery to correct cognitive patterns and produce an emotional shift.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
Tags: REBT Humor Anger Psychotherapy Albert Ellis
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) | Homework | Humor
- Bundle(s):
- Pioneers of Psychotherapy Bundle
- Categories:
- Pioneers of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995
- Faculty:
- Albert Ellis, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 01:01:00
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- Short Description:
- Ellis and Wolfe (1995) demonstrate with several volunteers. Beth, is troubled by her dominating mother. Ellis assigns a homework task. Next, Wolfe works with a volunteer who feels betrayed by her husband and brother. Ellis works with a second volunteer, Megan, who is ending a relationship with her boyfriend. Ellis uses imagery, confrontation and humor.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
Tags: Homework Humor REBT Albert Ellis
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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Trance | Burnout | Humor | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2006
- Faculty:
- Betty Blue, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:11:24
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2006
- Short Description:
- This short course will use theory, techniques and group experience to demonstrate how playful self-expression, humor and self-soothing indulgent fantasy can be used in and outside the therapeutic setting to produce spiritually uplifting trance states. We will learn how to discourage "learned helplessness" and "burn out", encourage the ability to cope with life's challenges and increase opportunities to enhance the body's natural immune system functioning.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Burnout Humor Trance Brief Therapy
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Brief Therapy | Humor | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2006
- Faculty:
- Steve Andreas, MA, NLP | Jon Carlson | Betty Alice Erickson, MS, LPC, LMFT | Matthew Selekman, MSW
- Duration:
- 58:58
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2006
- Short Description:
- BT06 Topical Panel 05 - Use of Humor in Brief Therapy - Steve Andreas, MA, Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD, Betty Alice Erickson, MS, Matthew Selekman, MSW
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Humor | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2010
- Faculty:
- Howard Richmond
- Duration:
- 1:17:34
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 09, 2010
- Short Description:
- The use of humor can have a variety of positive effects in treatment. It can increase therapeutic rapport, energize and revitalize both client and therapist, and foster an environment more conductive to deeper healing. Through story telling, clinical vignettes and audience participation, attendees will discover new and valuable ways to use humor appropriately in clinical practice. With Howard Richmond.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Humor Brief Therapy
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- Topic Areas:
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) | Psychotherapy | Short Courses | Humor | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2010
- Faculty:
- Steve Sultanoff | Steven Sultanoff, Psychologist
- Duration:
- 1:26:25
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 09, 2010
- Short Description:
- Humor in the serious realm of psychotherapy? This lively presentation, filled with anecdotes and clinical illustrations, will explore the rationale for and practical application of humor in cognitive therapy. Both cognitive therapy and humor can create change in the central aspects of human experience—cognitions, emotions, behaviors, and physiology. The presenter will explore how humor can be a powerful tool for both diagnosis and treatment, and will differentiate between empathic and hostile styles of humor. With Steven Sultanoff.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Dialogues | Brief Therapy | Humor
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- Steve Andreas, MA, NLP | Michael Hoyt, PhD
- Duration:
- 58:10
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2012
- Short Description:
- BT12 Dialogue 03 - Humor in Brief Therapy - Steve Andreas, MA, Michael Hoyt, PhD Educational Objectives: Given a topic, describe the differing approaches to psychotherapy, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Humor
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- Topic Areas:
- Psychotherapy | Short Courses | Humor
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- Steve Sultanoff
- Duration:
- 1:26:57
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 05, 2012
- Short Description:
- BT12 Short Course 28 – Humor Matters: Clinical Application of Humor in Psychotherapy – Steve Sultanoff, PhD Humor in the serious realm of psychotherapy? In this lively presentation, filled with anecdotes and clinical illustrations, we will explore the rationale for and practical application of the conscious and purposeful use of humor in psychotherapy. Humor can create change in the central aspects of human experience—cognitions, emotions, behaviors, and physiology. We will explore how humor can be a powerful tool to build the relationship, diagnose, and treat, and we will differentiate between empathic and hostile styles of humor.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Humor Psychotherapy
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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Brief Therapy | Communication | Relationships | Therapeutic Relationship | Humor
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2016
- Faculty:
- John Lentz, D. Min.
- Duration:
- 1:40:07
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2016
- Short Description:
- One liners that change people is the epitome of brief therapy. All of us have had times when one thing was said at the right moment by the right person and suddenly the world was seen differently. This workshop invites you to recognize elements that make those magic moments possible.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Anxiety | Depression | Hypnosis | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Workshops | Humor
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2016
- Faculty:
- Lynn Lyons, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:47:32
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2016
- Short Description:
- Anxiety and depression go hand in hand; untreated anxiety during childhood is a top predictor of depression in adolescents and young adults. This workshop teaches how to interrupt the patterns of anxiety and depression in children, first by recognizing what patterns need to change and then using creative and hypnotic language, homework, humor to actively make shifts happen. Concrete strategies are based on three frames that help simplify and target the patterns so common in anxiety, depression, somatic, and sleep problems.
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- Topic Areas:
- Short Courses | Humor | Psychotherapy | Brief Therapy | Relationships
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2018
- Faculty:
- Steven Sultanoff, Psychologist
- Duration:
- 1:18:02
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 06, 2018
- Short Description:
- Integrating therapeutic humor into psychotherapy is more than simply using humor with clients. This presentation will explore how and why integrating humor into clinical practice can be effective as well as assist clinicians to use humor with clinical awareness. Participants will learn a model of clinical humor that provides a foundation for the use of humor in psychotherapy and discover how humor (when purposely chosen as a clinical intervention) can be used as a relationship enhancing intervention, as well as a diagnostic and treatment tool.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Family Therapy | Addiction | Brief Therapy | Humor | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 54:58
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 02, 2009
- Short Description:
- Madanes tells her favorite stories of therapy with difficult couples. She discusses some innovative strategies for couples therapy, including the use of financial incentives, behavioral contracts, and cultural storytelling to shift dynamics and resolve conflicts. The case examples cover topics like punctuality, anxiety, fetish behaviors, and parental disputes in divorce. Madanes emphasizes the value of creating positive memories, setting clear boundaries, and prioritizing children's well-being in high-conflict families.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Couples Therapy | Strategic Therapy | Psychotherapy | Humor | Conflict | Emotional Processing | Family Dynamics | Healing | Love | Rituals | Holiday Stress
- Bundle(s):
- Women Pioneers of Psychotherapy | Pioneers of Psychotherapy Bundle
- Categories:
- Pioneers of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 00:57:00
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 10, 2009
- Short Description:
- This clinical demonstration features a couple navigating conflict around holiday celebrations rooted in past trauma and unmet emotional needs. Through guided dialogue, core needs like significance, honesty, growth, and connection are identified. Strategies include emotional expression, increased affection, and a closing exercise designed to strengthen intimacy and deepen their bond.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Sex and Sexuality | Couples Therapy | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Milton Erickson | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Humor | Hypnosis
- Categories:
- Erickson Materials | Erickson Streaming Video Collection | Milton H. Erickson Collections | Online Continuing Education
- Faculty:
- Jeffrey Zeig, PhD | Milton H. Erickson, MD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1 hour
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Jul 07, 2020
- Short Description:
- In this video, Dr. Milton Erickson describes sexual development — from infancy to adulthood, with a focus on male sexual maturation. As Erickson’s describes sexual development, the viewer feels as if they are going through the process as well. Erickson also includes humorous anecdotes of his children as they grew into adults. At the end of the video Dr. Jeffrey Zeig comments on Erickson’s fascinating teaching methods and communication techniques.
- Price:
- $19.95 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Humor | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2000
- Faculty:
- Albert Ellis, PhD | Zerka Moreno | Miriam Polster | Frank Pittman III, M.D.
- Duration:
- 56 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 27, 2000
- Short Description:
- Topical Panel 01 - Humor Featuring Albert Ellis, Ph.D., Frank Pittman III, M.D., Zerka Moreno, and Miriam Polster, Ph.D. Moderated by Michael Yapko, Ph.D.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Humor Therapist Development
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Humor | Psychotherapy | Marriage | Empathy | Healing | Rituals | Social Issues | Therapeutic Innovation | Violence Prevention
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 3 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2005
- Short Description:
- Workshop on dynamic approaches to couples therapy, with practical tools like one-way mirrors and video for supervision. Key strategies include setting boundaries, using rituals, creating shared memories, and involving extended family to address conflict and violence. Techniques such as unbalancing, executive meetings, fines for behavior, and leveraging family influence are used to shift dynamics. The session closes with actionable methods for helping incompatible couples reconnect through concrete expressions of love and shared activities.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Couples Therapy Humor Psychotherapy Cloe Madanes Marriage One-Way Mirror Supervision Interactional Therapy Couples Dynamics Empathy Social Context in Therapy Conflict Resolution Money Issues Extended Family Therapeutic Rituals Violence Prevention Cross-Generational Coalitions Experiential Learning Family Therapy Reframing Strategic Therapy Tailoring Utilization Helplessness Executive Meetings Therapeutic Humor
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Strategic Therapy | Couples Therapy | Psychotherapy | Conflict | Emotional Processing | Family Dynamics | Healing | Holiday Stress | Humor | Love | Rituals
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 55:41
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2009
- Short Description:
- This clinical demonstration features a couple navigating conflict around holiday celebrations rooted in past trauma and unmet emotional needs. Through guided dialogue, core needs like significance, honesty, growth, and connection are identified. Strategies include emotional expression, increased affection, and a closing exercise designed to strengthen intimacy and deepen their bond.
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- Topic Areas:
- Dialogues | Humor | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Metaphors | Storytelling
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
- Duration:
- 55 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 12, 2009
- Short Description:
- This dialogue highlights the role of humor in therapy as a tool for connection and transformation. Through case examples and personal stories, the speakers demonstrate how laughter, creativity, and well-timed humor can shift perspective and make therapeutic interventions more effective.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Great Debates | Gestalt | Strategic Therapy | Psychotherapy | Couples Therapy | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Humor
- Bundle(s):
- Learning Track - EP17 Gestalt Download | EP17 Audio Streaming Build a Bundle
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2017 | Evolution of Psychotherapy Gestalt Learning Track | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Erving Polster, PhD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1:24:56
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 2017
- Short Description:
- Erving Polster and Cloe Madanes discuss the strengths of present-centered and strategic therapies. Madanes highlights systemic interventions and directive techniques, including a case of resolving schizophrenia through structured activity. Polster emphasizes Gestalt therapy’s focus on action and process. Both stress the value of simplicity, attunement to client needs, and the central role of the therapeutic relationship in effective treatment.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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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:
- Case Discussions | Psychotherapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Domestic Violence | Religion | Strategic Therapy | Schizophrenia | Family Dynamics | Humor
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Robert L. Goulding, MD | Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D. | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Miriam Polster
- Duration:
- 58 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1985
- Short Description:
- This case-focused discussion examines the treatment of a 15-year-old boy with schizophrenia and obsessive religious guilt. Panelists explore the psychological impact of rigid beliefs, the role of family dynamics, and the balance between therapy and medication. Emphasis is placed on empowering parents, addressing marital conflict, and integrating theological and psychological approaches. A secondary case highlights the use of systemic interventions in families dealing with chronic illness and conflict. Moderated by Stuart M Gould, Jr, MD.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Psychotherapy | Family Therapy | Strategic Therapy | Humor
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 51:08
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1985
- Short Description:
- Cloe Madanes presents strategic family therapy, focusing on shifting from individual to family-based approaches. She outlines techniques like reversing family hierarchies and prescribing symptom roles to create change, emphasizing the use of humor and playfulness. Discussant Dr. Watzlawick critiques the approach for potentially fostering dependence and lacking diagnostic clarity, while also examining the complexities of paradox and subjective reality in therapeutic work. Moderated by William McLeod, MD.
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-
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Humor | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Murray Bowen, MD | Albert Ellis, PhD | Robert L. Goulding, MD | Ronald Laing, MD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:10
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1985
- Short Description:
- These pioneering therapists explore humor's healing potential in psychotherapy, sharing innovative techniques for using laughter as a transformative therapeutic tool. Moderated by John C Racy, MD.
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-
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Humor | Psychodrama | Therapeutic Relationship | Therapist Development | Psychotherapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985
- Faculty:
- Zerka Moreno
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 37 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1985
- Short Description:
- Because of the weight of clients difficulties, the employment of lighter areas of experience is often indicated, both for cathartic relief as well as for providing closure. The session will focus on joy, humor, tenderness.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Gestalt | Humor | Psychotherapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985
- Faculty:
- Erving Polster, PhD
- Duration:
- 2:22:13
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1985
- Short Description:
- I will present some views on my own development as a gestalt therapist, showing through demonstrations and discussion how simple human engagement-softness, humor, focused attention and respect for the ordinary-can, in concert with techniques, generate profound personal experience.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price