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Exploring the Essential Features of “Stephen Gilligan – IC11 Keynote 03 – A Theory of Utilization: Why and How Negative Experiences Can Be Transformed into Positive Ones”
IC11 Keynote 03 – A Theory of Utilization: Why and How Negative Experiences Can Be Transformed into Positive Ones – Stephen Gilligan, PhD
Topic Areas: Keynotes | Psychotherapy | Utilization | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques
Categories: Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 2011
Faculty: Stephen Gilligan, PhD
Duration: 52:23
Format: Audio Only
Description
The most radical and enduring contribution of Milton Erickson to psychotherapy was the principle of utilization, which states that whatever a client presents, including negative experiences, can be positively used for therapeutic change. This presentation offers a theoretical framework for understanding how and why utilization is a generative principle in psychotherapy, emphasizing ideas of archetypal patterns, psychological sponsorship, deep structures vs. surface structures, and the central of role of skillful human presence in creating value in any experience.
Educational Objectives:
- Identify three ways to accept and transform a negative experience.
- List three techniques for inviting a client to skillfully connect to a symptom.
Faculty
Stephen Gilligan, PhD
Stephen Gilligan Ph.D., is a Psychologist in Encinitas, CA. He was one of the original NLP students at UC Santa Cruz; Milton Erickson and Gregory Bateson were his mentors. After receiving his psychology doctorate from Stanford University, he became one of the premier teachers and practitioners of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. This work unfolded into his original approaches of Self-Relations and Generative Self, and then further (in collaboration with Robert Dilts) into Generative Coaching. These different traditions have all been updated and integrated into the present Generative Change Work, which includes the applications of Generative Coaching, Generative Psychotherapy, Generative Trance, Hero’s Journey, and Systemic Change work.
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