Chapter Title

Heating Up to Cool Down: An Encountering Approach to Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and Brief Therapy

Book Title

Creative Therapy in Challenging Situations: Unusual Interventions to Help Clients

Authors

Douglas G. Flemons, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Department

Department of Family Therapy

Files

Document Type

Book Chapter

Editors

Michael F. Hoyt, Monte Bobele

Description

Creative Therapy in Challenging Situations introduces readers to the innovative approaches that therapists sometimes take when standardized, paint-by-numbers routines don’t work. Each chapter presents the story of one or more difficult psychotherapy situations followed by the therapists’ descriptions of what they did and why, as well as the outcome that resulted. The authors and their stories span a wide variety of theoretical approaches and contexts, showing how clinicians can improvise beyond everyday scenarios and techniques. This collection of provocative, instructive vignettes from well-known practitioners often generates “You said what?!” reactions while encouraging readers to think creatively in the moment in order to reach healthy, innovative outcomes from the trickiest and most unexpected therapeutic scenarios.

ISBN

9780367138103

Publication Date

2019

Publisher

Routledge

City

New York, NY

Keywords

brief therapy, encountering approach, Ericksonian hypnotherapy

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatry and Psychology | Rehabilitation and Therapy | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work

First Page

70

Last Page

79

NSUWorks Citation

Flemons, D. G. (2019). Heating Up to Cool Down: An Encountering Approach to Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and Brief Therapy. Creative Therapy in Challenging Situations: Unusual Interventions to Help Clients, 70-79. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429028687

DOI

10.4324/9780429028687