Core Competencies of Ericksonian Therapy - 5. Experiential with Jeffrey Zeig, PhD

Jeffrey Zeig, PhD, discusses the fifth core competency of Ericksonian therapy - being experiential. To learn more, please visit www.erickson-foundation.org/c...
A readiness to prioritize open-ended experiential learning.
Experiential learning is the process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as learning through reflection on doing. For experiential therapies in general, the therapist is viewed as a facilitator of particular kinds of exploration of experience but not as an expert on the content of the client's experience. Rather, clients are viewed as experts on their own experience and therapy is meant to be a discovery-oriented process.

[@nick9254]

Thank you soo much Jeff, and I get soo inspired by Erickson’s life as well as his ways he helped people ❤🎉!!

[@tg2314]

Thanks...More tools for the toolkit...nonstop learning for life

[@ericksonfoundation]

Glad you are learning so much, thank you!

[@fiona_blossoms1170]

This whole playlist of core competencies has been so insightful for me. As a hypnotherapy student i have had multiple 'aha' moments where things have just clicked and i feel a deeper understanding of the whole process. Thank you!

[@nozarm]

Thank you Dan and Jeff for another excellent conversation . When Jeff expressed "We need to develop some of these skill sets, in graded ways experientially, so that the therapist gets into the state of being strategic, utilization, experiential, being hypnotic." and when he shared how we do this by taking simple steps, starting with analogies and move to metaphors, similes, stories, sounds, postures, gestures ... , the image that came to my mind was that of Mr Miyagi, stressing "Wax on, right hand; Wax off, left hand... Wax on... Wax off" in Karate Kid... So, starting with simple steps, practicing them, and adding on as we embody those steps. Also, another great point that came out of this conversation - for me - as Jeff say, it all depends on how we view things regarding the categories, ... and how one core competency dovetails on another. For example, we can think of utilization, tailoring, experiential, ... all falling under the umbrella of Strategic. By this, I mean, it is a strategy that we take on 'being utilizing, being tailoring, being exponential, being goal/outcome-oriented, being symbolic, ..., so all of these are strategies in service of the client, in order to help them move past a block, ... and toward a desired outcome. Now, off to Wax on... Wax off.... Thank you again 🙏

[@mariancounsellor]

This was really great thank you

[@ericksonfoundation]

You're welcome, glad you liked it! 😊

[@benfir8920]

I feel like Dr. Zieg is trying to induce the interviewer to relax the entire interview 15:38 for example