Solution-Oriented Trancework Bill O’Hanlon BillOHanlon.com For a free copy of the slides, Click Free Stuff Then Click Slides 1
ERICKSONIAN VS. TRADITIONAL PERMISSIVE VS. AUTHORITARIAN 2
PERMISSIVE Could, might, can, okay to, may Multiple options, choices 3
AUTHORITARIAN 4
AUTHORITARIAN Predictions: Will, going to, won’t Mind-reading: Are Instructions: Must; Can’t; particular feelings, actions, directions 5
ZORAN SAYS YOU WILL 6
ERICKSONIAN VS. TRADITIONAL EVOCATIVE VS. SUGGESTIVE 7
ERICKSONIAN VS. TRADITIONAL EXPERT VS. COLLABORATIVE 8
Different approaches Traditional Ericksonian Searches for causes of Discover/connect w/ problems resources Discover hidden/non- conscious original trauma or Present- or future-oriented decision Assumption of resources and Assumption of pathology abilities 9
Elements of Induction #1 Permission and Inclusion 10
Elements of Induction #1 Permission and Inclusion Example 11
PRACTICE #1 No need to do trance, just practice the form; one speaker, one listener this time Speak on the exhale, silence on the inhale If you have a similar practice, drop it for this time and be a beginner Give permission and include/validate what needs including and validating Give the speaker feedback/gentle corrections 12
Elements of Induction #2 Presupposition 13
Presupposition Example: Erickson 14
Presupposition Before After How quickly How When Where 15
PRACTICE #2 No need to do trance, just practice the form; one speaker, one listener this time Speak on the exhale, silence on the inhale Incorporate what you have learned so far This time use presupposition/expectation Give the speaker feedback/gentle corrections 16
Elements of Induction #3 Splitting 17
Splitting Conscious/Unconscious Back of your mind/Front of your mind Verbal and nonverbal 18
Elements of Induction #4 Linking 19
Linking As When The more The less When 20
PRACTICE #3 Trade off being speaker and listener this time Incorporate what you have learned so far This time use splitting between the conscious/ unconscious of some equivalent (w/ congruent nonverbals) Give the speaker feedback/gentle corrections 21
I AM GOING to a place where there are no bad MAD people. 22
Elements of Induction #5 Interspersal [Embedded messages] 23
Other Elements Description Truisms Matching Guiding attention and associations 24
Trance language Use vague and abstract words Use nouns from verbs Use passive language (no willful actions implied) The person as witness or experiencer rather than conscious creator 25
Joe Barber example Listen for where he veers into authoritarian style or becomes intrusive You may participate experientially if you want 26
The Confusion Technique Two pairs of opposites or two different concepts Mix ‘n’ match them until the person can no longer follow rationally and logically 27
Zeig example Naturalistic/conversational induction Confusion technique Wrong/right Now/later Mistakes/reasons Understandings/misunderstandings 28
Common Trance Indicators 29
Four Doorways Into Altered States Rhythm Defocusing Focusing Dissociation 30
Erickson example Listen especially to emphasized words and phrases Learn Feel water, swim in it, anything you want Your unconscious 31
Trance Phenomena Getting one’s hand on the control knob on non-voluntary experience Inviting alterations in: • Perception • Sensations • Memory • Time orientation • Spatial orientation • Physiology 32
WHY USE TRANCE PHENOMENA? To evoke automatic changes To convince you and/or the person that they are in trance To evoke resources As an analogy for the therapeutic changes you are after 33
HOW TO EVOKE/INVITE TRANCE PHENOMENA General permission Presupposing Remind and evoke previous everyday experiences Analogies/anecdotes Emphasized words/phrases 34
Erickson videos Notice how he evokes Notice how he persists when things don’t happen Notice the difference between the two videos, reflecting Erickson’s shift to a more permissive approach in later years 35
Erickson Induction Example 1 36
Erickson Trance Phenomena Example 2 37
DEMO Listen for as many of the elements as you can pick out Watch the person for responses and changes 38
PRACTICE #4 Mutual trance induction Pass the baton of speaking by saying: “And you are amazing.” Keep your eyes open (if possible) 39
The Unconscious Erickson maintained that the unconscious is smart, wise and benevolent “Trust your unconscious,” he would say If the unconscious is so smart, why do people have problems or symptoms? 40
The Answer The unconscious is smart about what it is smart about Dumb about what it is dumb about And sometimes, the unconscious is smart about something it is dumb to be smart about 41
The Unconscious 42
How to use this notion to do trancework Find the place where automatic patterns occur and lead to unwanted results Introduce changes to the pattern by evoking, altering, splitting and linking 43
Erickson Using the Unconscious Example 44
When to use trance Voluntary/deliberate experiences vs. Non-voluntary/out of conscious control experiences 45
Class of Problems/ Class of Solutions Presenting problem Intervention Link to problem context Generate the opposite Class of problem Class of Solutions 46
Class of Problems/ Class of Solutions Find a clear focus/problem Turn problems into processes How does or would a person or body or neurology DO this problem? What class of problems could it belong to? What is the opposite class (or set of resources or abilities) that could resolve the problem? 47
Class of Problems/ Class of Solutions Phantom limb/tinnitus example 48
Applications of Class of Problems/Class of Solutions 49
Classes of Solutions: Pain Anesthesia/analgesia Amnesia Dissociation of parts of the body Re-interpretation Time distortion Altering physiological processes Re-evoking previous pain-free or pain-incompatible experiences Distraction or absorption of attention Displacement Compelling connection to a future without pain 50
TRANCE PHENOMENA The Control Knob Model of Altering Automatic and Non-Conscious Experience 51
Trance Phenomena Modality + - Positive hallucination Negative External sensory perception hallucination Internal sensations New or altered Analgesia or sensations anesthesia Orientation in space Re-orientation Disorientation
Trance Phenomena Modality + - Hypermnesia; Amnesia; Memory creation of new forgetting memories Age progression Age regression Orientation in time (future) (past) Time flow Time expansion Time contraction
Trance Phenomena Modality + - Automatic Catelpsy Muscle movements movement; ideomotor; automatic handwriting Heart rate/blood flow Increased Decreased Temperature Warrmth/heat Cold/cooling
Trance Phenomena Modality + - Association New associations Dissociation New feelings; Losing old Affect recovery of old feelings feeling
Erickson pain control example 56
How to evoke automatic shifts with hypnosis Tell stories Guide associations Remind people of previous experiences Emphasize phrases and words Presuppose and create expectations 57
Hand Levitation Evoke everyday experiences of automatic hand/arm/muscle movement Use analogies/anecdotes/stories Use general permissive statements Use presupposition Once you see a response, amplify and direct/link it to something more 58
How to tell an evocative story Characters Actions Beginnings, middles and ends Settings and props Dialogue Vague enough to allow for identification and imagination Enough specific details (names, places, actions, sensory details, etc.) Engagement of interest/suspense Repetition of phrases, sounds or elements 59
PRACTICE Prepare and tell a story in trance Discuss after the trance and learn about the person’s response to the trance and the story 60
DEMO: PAIN CONTROL Listen for classes of solution Listen for stories Listen for evocation of resources and abilities Notice shifts in people 61
INCLUSION The permissive approach as treatment in itself Giving people permission to include and value missing aspects of experience and self Countering devalued, neglected, dissociated and disowned aspects and experiences 62
3 Levels of Inclusion Permission To and Not to Have to Inclusion of Opposites Exceptions 63
Methods of Inclusion Tag questions Apposition of opposites Link resistance or undermining to certain locations, times or aspects of the person 64
Inclusive Self Model Non-Identified Self Identified Self Dis-identified Self Identity Story 65
Symptom Trance/ Healing Trance Symptoms and problems as “bad trance” The difference between bad trance and good trance Waking people from trance Shifting from bad trance to good trance 66
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