Ericksonian Language Patterns
Patterns of Indirect Suggestion – A.K.A.: Ericksonian Language Patterns In a therapeutic setting we strive to achieve the client’s goals with elegance. Sometimes, however, change is difficult and resistance, conscious or otherwise, is a natural response. By using the following language patterns we are able to bypass the conscious resistance and to communicate with the subconscious mind. Milton Erickson was …
Mowing the Lawn
I have an acre of lawn to cut.That’s a lot of grassLast weekend, when I spent several hours on the endeavor, I discovered that mindless, repetitious activities are made even better when done at high decibel levels. Nothing like a Toro Lawn Horse if you want to wake the neighbors.I was reminded of the story of Milton Erickson in the …
Trance Voice Down-Under
Just returned from my first ever visit to Australia. What a fantastic visit! My friend Jonathan and I went down to teach a class called “Your Irresistible Voice in Trance.” It is a class that combines Jonathan’s expertise in Voice Production with my understanding of Ericksonian Language patterns and how to use the voice when doing trance work. We had …
Winged-Face guy
It’s pretty groovy what these kids can do these days.See the neat looking winged-face guy?Who knew? That’s Hypnos. The Greek God of sleep.I hire this young friend of mine to make my new blog look pretty and he comes up with guy they named Hypnosis after. I didn’t even know there was such a guy. I’d been taught that hypnosis …
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