The authors present the structure of Erickson's hypnotherapeutic work by taking the reader step-by-step through the diagnostic and treatment processes. Special attention is given to the use of multiple embedded metaphor as a modality to deliver interventions. Illustrated with case examples and transcripts.
Page 9 “All the forms of body language can be understood as systems of ideomotor signaling“
Page 10 “A small percentage of individuals exist to get ‘others’ to react to them in the widest range of possible behaviours and who can utilise a wide range of appropriate reactions. Most individuals tend to train ‘others’ to react to them within a narrow range of behaviours, and in tune show a restricted set of favored reflexes”
Page 14 She didn’t know how to sit beside someone and feel a constellation of proprioception consolation that she could call “comfort“
Page 79 The exceptional client enters therapy to enhance already blooming personal growth