ERICKSONIAN TRANCEWORK PROCESS INSTRUCTIONS In common with most hypno-psychotherapists, Erickson was concerned to appease clientsâ critical faculties. As one way of achieving this, he customised his scripts to the individual. As another – in a sense at the opposite … Continue reading →
ERICKSONIAN HYPNOTIC INDUCTIONS There are few set Ericksonian inductions, and technique per se is often de-emphasised. The following induction themes, however, are typically Ericksonian: pacing and leading, naturally occurring trance states and the somewhat controversial confusion technique. Brief notes on … Continue reading →
Secrets of Sleep A Discoveries Special Report Dream World is Beckoning Neuroscience Brain Scans beginning to explain origin, tone of nocturnal adventures By Marcia Barinaga, Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News This report has featured in the course notes of the National … Continue reading →
Integrative Approaches to Treating Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Introduction: A condition which seems to be becoming more prevalent in hypno-psychotherapists offices is Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD). GAD is generally presented by clients with continual anxiety which does not seem to … Continue reading →
Scope of Practice and the Hypno-Psychotherapist For some of you this will sound like teaching a grandmother to suck eggs, and those of you who have attended my classes will know that I am very much a conservative (with a … Continue reading →
Re-Cycling Through the Group Process Groups may proceed through the three stages quickly or slowly; they may fixate at any given stage, or they may move quickly through some and slowly through others. If they do indeed complete all three … Continue reading →
Norming and Performing in Group Process STAGE III: ADULTHOOD Now, the frustration of the first two stages is behind them — in the past, and the group can finally pull together as a real group, not merely a collection of … Continue reading →
Storming in Group Process STAGE II: ADOLESCENCE When a common level of expectation is developed, the group can then move into the stormy stage of Adolescence. This can be a most difficult stage of development to tolerate. This stage cannot be … Continue reading →
Forming in Group Process STAGE I: INFANCY Regardless of what events give birth to a group, as it begins, it has to form, to come together. The behaviours in Stage I are initially polite and superficial as each person seeks … Continue reading →
Understanding Group Process GROUP CYCLES FROM BIRTH TO DEATH (Adapted from the work of Richard Weber, NTL, 1982) During our lives, both professional and social, we all have experienced times in being in or with groups that have worked and … Continue reading →
