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Describes in detail how Mirroring Hands is conducted, and explores
the framework of knowledge and understanding that surrounds and
supports its therapeutic process. Richard Hill and Ernest L.
Rossi's The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands: A
Client-Responsive Therapy that Facilitates Natural Problem-Solving
and Mind-Body Healing describes in detail how Mirroring Hands is
conducted, and explores the framework of knowledge and
understanding that surrounds and supports its therapeutic process.
Foreword by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. Mirroring Hands is a practical
therapeutic technique that can be utilized by all practitioners for
the benefit of their clients. With a tranquil state of focused
attention as the starting point, the practitioner invites the
client to explore an issue by projecting it into their hands; with
one hand representing the difficulty or disturbance, the other
becomes the natural container for the opposite reflections -
resolution, ease and comfort. This enables the client to engage
with their deeper therapeutic self - thereby facilitating the shift
into a therapeutic consciousness - and connect to the natural flow,
cycles and self-organizing emergence that shift the client toward
beneficial change. In this instructive and illuminating manual,
Hill and Rossi show you how Mirroring Hands enables clients to
unlock their natural problem-solving and mind-body healing
capacities to arrive at a resolution in a way that many other
therapies might not. The authors offer expert guidance as to its
client-responsive applications and differentiate seven variations
of the technique in order to give the practitioner confidence and
comfort in their ability to work within and around the
possibilities presented while in session. Furthermore, Hill and
Rossi punctuate their detailed description of how Mirroring Hands
is conducted with a diverse range of illustrative casebook examples
and stage-by-stage snapshots of the therapy in action: providing
scripted language prompts and illustrative images of a client's
hand movement that demonstrate the processes behind the technique
as it takes the client from disruption into the therapeutic; and
from there to integration, resolution, and a state of well-being.
The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands begins by tracing the
emergence of the Mirroring Hands approach from its origins in
Rossi's studies and experiences with Milton H. Erickson and by
presenting a transcription of an insightful discussion between
Rossi and Hill as they challenge some of the established ways in
which we approach psychotherapy, health, and well-being. Building
upon this exchange of ideas, the authors define and demystify the
nature of complex, non-linear systems and skillfully unpack the
three key elements of induction to therapeutic consciousness -
focused attention, curiosity, and nascent confidence - in a section
dedicated to preparing the client for therapy. Hill and Rossi also
supply preparatory guidance for the therapist through explanation
of therapeutic dialogue's non-directive language principles, and
through exploration of the four-stage cycle - information,
incubation, breakthrough and illumination, and verification - that
facilitates the client's capacity to access their natural
problem-solving and mind-body healing. The authors also take care
to advocate Mirroring Hands as not only a therapeutic technique,
but also an approach to practice for all practitioners engaged in
solution-focused therapy. Through its enquiry into the vital
elements of client-cue observation, symptom-scaling, and
rapport-building inherent in the therapist-client relationship, The
Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands shares a great store of
wisdom and insight that will help the practitioner become more
attuned to their clients' inner worlds and communication patterns.
Hill and Rossi draw on a wealth of up-to-date neuroscientific
research and academic theory to help bridge the gap between
therapy's intended outcomes and its measured neurological effects,
and, towards the book's close, also open the door to the study of
quantum field theory to inspire the reader's curiosity in this
fascinating topic. An ideal progression for those engaged in
mindfulness and meditation, The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring
Hands is the first book on the subject specially written for all
mental health practitioners and is suitable for students of
counseling, psychotherapy, psychology, and hypnotherapy, as well as
anyone in professional practice.
Understanding Indigenous Perspectives: Visions, Dreams, and
Hallucinations helps future and practicing mental health
professionals build the vital cultural competencies needed to
differentiate between cultural practice and the presence of
psychopathology in practice. The book discusses and explores the
differences among visions, dreams, and hallucinations from an
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawai'ian perspective.
Each chapter first presents information within the context of
culture and then transitions to present information within the
context of diagnoses and neurobiology. Throughout, cultural
practices are discussed as normative, increasing readers'
understanding of diverse populations and their rich heritages.
Dedicated chapters explore American Indian psychology, worldviews,
and spirituality; ethical and cultural considerations; the
inclusion of cultural context within the DSM-5; the neurobiology of
hallucinations; and competent discernment. The book includes
valuable case studies that breathe life and humanity into a
clinically challenging topic. Understanding Indigenous Perspectives
is part of the Cognella Series on Advances in Culture, Race, and
Ethnicity. The series, co-sponsored by Division 45 of the American
Psychological Association, addresses critical and emerging issues
within culture, race, and ethnic studies, as well as specific
topics among key ethnocultural groups.
You don't think you've ever been hypnotised by a politician? Or
anyone else out to persuade you? This might change your mind.
Comply with Me solves the puzzle of how Donald Trump gains and
keeps loyal support, a conundrum that has stumped professional
commentators as well as all those who don't feel compelled to vote
for him. It reveals the motive behind his weird handshakes, why he
speaks in such a strange way and even what drives him to keep the
area around his eyes so pale. Whether he was trained or is a
natural, Trump uses hypnosis techniques to get his message deep
into people's minds - and he is not the only professional persuader
using such tricks either. Trump's aim is to achieve unthinking
compliance and he does that by using hypnotic confusion techniques
which enable him to embed suggestions into his subjects'
unconscious minds. He achieves this with individuals as well as
with the crowds he addresses. A central part of hypnosis practice
is artful suggestion. Donald Trump is a master of the craft. He can
imply what he wants to happen without needing to make his commands
clear. As a child, like all of us, he absorbed suggestions from his
grandfather and parents. The impact of repeatedly being told when
young that he was a 'king' and a 'killer' is evident in his adult
behaviour. Positive Thinking is a keystone of Trump's self-regard,
learning it from the leading exponent, Norman Vincent Peale. who
told him he would be 'America's greatest builder'. He also learnt
hypnosis, probably when it was fashionable as NLP and he was keen
to clinch real estate deals. Hypnotherapists will lie or exaggerate
to achieve the aims of their clients. This is ethical if the aim is
to help a person give up an addiction or achieve a sense of
well-being. Trump and other politicians also recognise that the
truth is less important than emotions if they want to convince
someone. Their objectives however are not therapeutic. People are
often afraid of hypnosis, but they cannot be left ignorant any
longer. It's a natural part of being human; we all go into a trance
regularly, when watching TV or doing repetitive tasks. Used well,
hypnosis is a force for good. It is also a powerful tool to gain
control over others. Some politicians, including those on the
far-right, are using hypnosis to sway public opinion. If an
argument is going against them, they will use misdirection and
exaggeration to divert attention from opposing views. Trump and
others who imitate him are experts at using hypnotic confusion to
cloud the truth. We must acknowledge the power of hypnosis and make
everyone aware of how it works. Readers will learn to spot when
someone is trying to manipulate them subliminally and how to defend
themselves from it. The book describes how to use hypnotic trance
to help yourself, to relax, become acquainted with your unconscious
wisdom and make sure your opinions are your own. Lisa Morgan
identified what Trump was doing early in his presidency and felt
compelled to expose it.
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