Ericksonian Flashcards
Milton Erickson - father of hypnotherapy
influenced strategic family therapy
neurolinguistic programming
indirect suggestion could result in therapeutic behavioral change. converse with clients using metaphors, contradictions, symbols, and antidotes to influence their behavior rather than direct orders.
critical to “put yourself in the patient’s shoes” and truly understand
Erickson believed that trances happen every day to varying degrees – for example the mind wanders during a commute to work, during meeting
unconscious mind could still be listening. indirect suggestion that, whether the patient realized it or not, would result in therapeutic change in the patient.
Erickson championed indirect hypnosis as a more ethical and effective alternative for clinical settings than direct hypnosis.
Traditional HypnosisErickson’s ApproachAuthoritativePermissiveDirectIndirectResistanceAccommodating“You will lose weight”
“You might wish to discuss the alternatives
to eating, if you are ready to do so”
He believed that one cannot force the unconscious mind to change, but metaphors, contradictions, symbols can create openings.
6 Core Competencies:
- Tailoring (treatment)
- Utilization (of client’s attributes)
- Strategic (seek out challenges, goals)
- Destabilization(flexibility - learning new patterns to adapt)
- Experiential (clients experts of their own experien
- Naturalistic
four skills:
- Observation,
- Validation,
- Cultivation, and
- Challenge
8 Stages of PsychoSocial Development
- Trust vs Mistrust 12 - 18 mos
- Autonomy vs Shame/doubt 18 mo - 3 years
- Initiative vs Guilt 3- 5 years
- Industry vs. Inferiority 5 - 12 years
- Identity vs. Confusion 12 - 18 years
- Intimacy vs. Isolation 18 - 40
- Generativity vs. Stagnation 40 - 65 years
- Integrity vs. Despairover 65