When All Else Fails: Some New and Some Old Tools for Doing Brief Therapy

by Rubin Battino

Overview

For a number of years, Rubin Battino has been presenting professional workshops on the art of very brief therapy. He defines very brief therapy as seeing clients only once or twice, with any additional sessions being the client's choice. In his new book, When All Else Fails: Some New and Some Old Tools for Doing Brief Therapy, the emphasis is on the many approaches that can be used as rapid and effective methods for working with clients. The author feels that the essence of brief therapy is the expectation of the therapist (which is transmitted to the client one way or another) that only a few sessions will be needed to resolve realistically and satisfactorily the client's concerns.

The book addresses both new and old ways of doing brief therapy. Some of the new ways include: expectation; the power of pauses; chatting as therapy; poetry; healing language; touch; laughter and others. Some of the old ways include: Gestalt therapy; Bioenergetic Analysis;Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP); Encounter Groups Group Therapy; and Ideomotor Signalling; Psychodrama; Narrative Therapy, Provocative Therapy and Hypnosis. The last is an important part, both directly or indirectly, of all of the methods discussed. Whenever a client 'goes inside' during a session, they are effectively in a trance state.

A therapist who can choose among a variety of brief therapy techniques is more than likely to be in greater command of the therapeutic process as he or she will be able to choose exactly those techniques that fit their client's situation and their personality. This book offers the professional a myriad options that are open to them for a better, more well-rounded practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845908942
Publisher:	Crown House Publishing
Publication date:	09/15/2014
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rubin Battino MS, has a private practice in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He is Adjunct Professor for the Department of Human Services at Wright State University, and has over ten years of experience as a facilitator in Bernie Siegel style support group. He is President of the Milton H Erickson Society of Dayton and was co-chair of an ad hoc committee to establish certification standards for training in Ericksonianhypnotherapy. He is the author of eight professional books.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Foreword 3

Part I Ideas, Approaches, and Concerns

1 Introduction 7

1.1 How This Began 7

1.2 Rapport Building 9

1.3 Therapeutic Alliance 11

1.4 Overview of Parts I and II 12

2 Expectation: The Essence of Brief Therapy 17

2.1 Introduction 17

2.2 Single-Session Therapy 18

2.3 Expectation and the Placebo Effect 19

2.4 Nocebo, Nosocomial, and Iatrogenic Effects 21

2.5 Expecting the Unexpected 25

3 The Power of Pauses in Hypnosis and Psychotherapy 25

3.1 Pause Power 25

4 Poetry in Hypnosis and Psychotherapy 29

4.1 Introduction 29

4.2 Some Examples of Poetry Usage 30

5 Dreams, Hopes, and Unfulfilled Desires 33

5.2 In General 33

5.2 Unfinished Business and End of Life Considerations 35

6 Chatting as Therapy 39

6.1 Introduction 39

6.2 Chatting 40

7 On the Importance of Healing Language 43

7.1 Introduction 43

7.2 Healing Language for Surgery 45

7.3 Some Healing Scenarios 47

8 What is Really Important in Life? 49

5.1 Introduction 49

8.1 Life is With People 50

8.2 Life is With Nature 51

9 Distance Writing, Structured Writing, and Workbooks 53

9.1 Introduction 53

9.2 Workbook for People Who Have Cancer 54

9.3 Concluding Comments 58

10 The Importance of Family and Adopted Family 59

10.1 Commentary 59

10.2 Some Suggestions 61

11 Touch and Touching: A Dilemma? 63

11.1 Introduction 63

11.2 Body Work 64

11.3 Anchors 64

11.4 Bonding 65

12 Chuckling and Laughter and Having Fun 67

13 Inclusivity: Either/Or vs. Both/And 71

14 Eye Movement Approaches 73

14.1 Introduction 73

14.2 Eye Accessing Cues 73

14.3 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) 74

14.4 Eye Movement Integration Therapy (EMI) 75

15 Cognitive Hypnotherapy and the Three Gifts 77

15.2 Introduction 77

15.2 Three Gifts 78

16 Transforming Negative Self-Talk 81

16.1 Introduction 81

16.2 Andreas Exercises and Change Processes 82

16.3 Some Concluding Observations 88

17 On the Importance of Non-Importance-The "Nonesuch" 91

Part II Alternative Approaches to Therapy

Introduction to Part II 97

18 Behavior Modification 99

19 Gestalt Therapy 103

19.1 Introduction 103

19.2 Group Work and Psychotherapy Groups 104

19.3 Language and Gestalt Therapy 105

19.4 Two-Chairs 107

19.5 Commentary 108

20 Bioenergetic Analysis 109

20.1 Origins 109

20.2 Bioenergetic Analysis 109

21 Neurolinguistic Programming (NIP) 113

21.1 Introduction 113

21.2 The Meta Model of Language 113

21.3 Three Quotes From My Notes 217

21.4 Brief Description of Some NLP Techniques 117

22 Encounter Groups and Group Therapy 123

22.1 Encounter Groups 123

22.2 Therapy Groups 125

22.3 The Charlie Brown Exceptional Patient and Caregiver Support Group of Yellow Springs 127

22.4 Remen's Healing Preparation Circle 128

22.5 You Are Not Alone 129

23 First- and Second-Order Change and Re framing 131

23.2 Fust-and Second-Order Change 131

23.2 Paradoxes 133

23.3 Reframing 134

23.4 Exemplifications 335

23.5 Change 136

24 Ideomotor Signaling 139

24.1 Chevreul's Pendulum and Finger Signaling 239

24.2 David B. Cheek's Contributions 140

24.3 Twin and Eimer's Work with Ideomotor Signals 243

24.4 A Confession 145

25 Psychodrama 147

25.1 Introduction 147

25.2 Dream Work 149

25.3 Commentary 149

26 Solution-Focused Brief Therapy 151

26.1 Introduction 151

26.2 As-If and the Miracle Question 253

27 Narrative Therapy 155

27.1 Introduction 255

27.2 Narrative Therapy 156

28 Hypnosis 161

28.1 Introduction 161

28.2 Uses of Hypnosis 162

28.3 Hypnosis for Weight Control 163

29 Provocative Therapy 171

29.1 Introduction and Description 172

29.2 Some Concluding Comments 276

Part III When All Else Fails, What's Next?

30 So, What's Next? 179

30.1 Introduction to Part III 179

30.2 So, What's Next? 180

References 183

Index 189