Approaches to Ericksonian Hypnosis In the view of the author, there are certain aspects which are essential to Ericksonian Hypnosis. These are Utilisation, Metaphor, Language Patterns, and Fractionalisation. Utilisation(Part 1) If anything can be said to encapsulate Ericksonâs work it … Continue reading →
Milton Erickson Father of Modern Hypnotherapy? Milton Hyland Erickson, MD is considered by many to be the father of modern hypnosis or at least the most influential practitioner of hypnosis of the 20th century. Why? In the authorâs opinion, it … Continue reading →
Anima-Animus The anima is the female component of the male and the animus the male component of the female. These are archetypes from the collective unconscious and refer to the bisexual nature of human beings. The opposites enable men and … Continue reading →
The Conscious and Unconscious a’la Jung Freud viewed the unconscious as a production of consciousness, created to become the dustbin of repressed material. Jung took a completely opposite view and suggested consciousness was derived from the unconscious, and that it … Continue reading →
Jungâs Theoretical Position Part 3 Principle of Polarity This is also described by Jung as the principle of opposites. It is interesting to note that every concept in Jungâs theory has its polar opposite. Jung suggested that individuals need to … Continue reading →
Jung’s Theoretical Position Part 2 Universal Influences A number of central theoretical propositions underpin Jungâs psychology. It is important to understand the essence of his theoretical platform as he applies principles from physics and thermodynamics to explain factors of human … Continue reading →
JUNGâS THEORETICAL POSITION Part 1 We yearn for meaning, belonging and relatedness. A connectedness with the universe and universal impulses. There are no boundaries in reality except those that are created by consciousness. Just because something falls outside the boundaries … Continue reading →
Gestalt Dream Work Of course, Fritz Perls had trained as a Freudian psychoanalyst, so initially he would work with dreams as Freud had done, i.e., by interpreting them. Freud had done a great deal of work on dreams, publishing his … Continue reading →
The Five Level Model of Neurosis The circle in the middle represents the core self, the real authentic person, before he or she developed layers of defences for self-protection, like an onion has layers. The task of therapy is to … Continue reading →
The Cycle of Awareness The circle represents the self/the person/the organism. Outside the circle is the environ-ment, i.e., everything which is not the person. The perimeter of the circle represents the boundary between the self and the environment, often referred … Continue reading →
