Title:
Hope & resiliency : understanding the psychotherapeutic strategies of Milton H. Erickson, MD
Author:
Short, Dan.
ISBN:
9781904424932
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Publication Information:
Carmarthen : Crown House Publishing, 2005.
Physical Description:
xxv, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: Foreword by Stephen Lankton, MSW, DAHB iii -- Preface xi -- A Biographical Sketch of Milton H. Erickson xv -- Overview xv -- Family background xvi -- Childhood xvii -- Late adolescence xvii -- Professional beginnings xx -- Post-polio syndrome xxii -- The later years xxiv -- Part I: Foundations of Healing and Health 1 -- Chapter 1 Introduction 3 -- Chapter 2 The Human Condition 7 -- Chapter 3 Mental Health and Healing 15 -- Chapter 4 The Role of the Clinician 21 -- Chapter 5 A Philosophical Framework 27 -- Summary 32 -- Part II: Clinical Strategies 33 -- Chapter 6 Introduction to the Six Core Strategies 35 -- Chapter 7 Distraction 41 -- Red herring 45 -- Questioning and presupposition 47 -- Emphasis on detail 49 -- Therapeutic amnesia 51 -- The general application of distraction 54 -- Chapter 8: Partitioning 57 -- Symptom definition 59 -- Formal diagnosis 60 -- Prognostic splitting 63 -- Dividing conscious 67 -- Dissection , 73 -- Partitioning of time and space S 75 -- The general application of partitioning 78 -- Chapter 9 Progression 81 -- Geometric progression 86 -- Progressive desensitization 89 -- Pattern interruption 93 -- Cognitive progression 97 -- Forward progression 103 -- The general application of progression 105 -- Chapter 10 Suggestion 109 -- Cooperation versus control 115 -- Direct suggestion 118 -- Indirect suggestion 122 -- Permissive suggestion 129 -- Interspersal and repetition 133 -- The confusion technique 139 -- The general application of suggestion 147 -- Chapter 11 Reorientation 153 -- Insight 157 -- Reframing 161 -- Externalization 168 -- Reorientation in time 175 -- The general application of reorientation 181 -- Chapter 12 Utilization 185 -- Simple bind 191 -- Double bind 196 -- Utilization of a minor problem 207 -- Symptom prescription 209 -- General application of utilization 218 -- Chapter 13 Conclusion 221 -- About the book 221 -- Contraindications 223 -- Putting the knowledge to use 224 -- Appendix A Self-Development Exercises 227 -- Distraction 227 -- Partitioning 228 -- Progression 230 -- Suggestion 232 -- Reorientation 233 -- Utilization 234 -- References 237.
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