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© 2003, Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. 1 The Erickson Diamond Choice Points in Psychotherapy The Ericksonian Diamond Goal The Ericksonian Diamond Goal What to communicate? What to Communicate: An Ericksonian Orientation to Goals • Phenomenological goals and sub-goals • Positive: oriented to strengths and the future • Outcome-oriented; oriented to life-situation • Structures that exist in the present • Systemic/Interactional • Access associations that access resources • Experiential level changes The Ericksonian Diamond Goal What to communicate? Gift Wrapping The Ericksonian Diamond Goal What to communicate? Gift Wrapping How to communicate the goal?
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© 2003, Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D. 1
The Erickson Diamond
Choice Points in Psychotherapy
The Ericksonian Diamond
Goal
The Ericksonian Diamond
GoalWhat to communicate?
What to Communicate: An Ericksonian Orientation to Goals
• Phenomenological goals and sub-goals• Positive: oriented to strengths and the
future• Outcome-oriented; oriented to life-situation• Structures that exist in the present• Systemic/Interactional• Access associations that access
resources• Experiential level changes
The Ericksonian Diamond
GoalWhat to communicate?
GiftWrapping
The Ericksonian Diamond
GoalWhat to communicate?
GiftWrapping
How to communicate
the goal?
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Main Intervention: Elicit Resources(Macro-Dynamic Gift-wrapping)
9. Displacement10. Fantasy rehearsal11. Future orientation12. Change history13. Confusion14. Metaphors15. Symbols16. Anecdotes17. Parallel communication18. Interspersal technique
1. Direct suggestion2. Hypnosis3. Indirect suggestion4. Directives / tasks5. Ambiguous function
assignment6. Symptom prescription7. Reframing / positive
connotation8. Ordeals
The Ericksonian Diamond
GoalWhat to communicate?
Tailoring GiftWrapping
How to communicate
the goal?
The Ericksonian Diamond
GoalWhat to communicate?
TailoringWhat is the positionthe patient takes?
Individualize treatment
GiftWrapping
How to communicate
the goal?
If you talk to a person in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to
him in his language, that goes to his heart— Nelson Mandela
The Ericksonian Diamond
GoalWhat to communicate?
TailoringWhat is the position
the patient takes?
GiftWrapping
How to communicate
the goal?Processing
The Ericksonian Diamond
GoalWhat to communicate?
TailoringWhat is the position
the patient takes?
GiftWrapping
How to communicate
the goal?ProcessingHow to create drama?
(SIFT: Set up--Intervene—Follow-Through)
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ProcessingFollow Through•Ratify•Amnesia•Process Instructions•Fantasy Rehearsal•Test the Therapy•Tasks•Letters/Email/Calls•Hypnosis•Motivate•Ego Building•Etc.
Intervene•Direct Suggestion•Hypnosis•Indirect Suggestion•Directives/Tasks•Symptom Prescribe•Reframe•Ordeals•Metaphors•Anecdotes•Interspersal•Etc.
Set up• Rx. Assess• Pace• Seed• Resistance• Responsiveness• Hypnosis• Empathy• Redefine• Destabilize• Motivate• Etc.
Timeline of Psychotherapy
An Aesthetically Pleasing Generic Therapy(According to Jeff)
TERMINATIONAmnesiaRatify
changesTasks to
consolidate Process
InstructionsFantasy
RehearsalSymbolic
TaskReverse
Symbol/Metaphor
Insight
THERAPY•ExperientiallyAccessing ResourcesUsing Gift-Wrapping
INDUCTION•Confusion•Deal with Resistance•Make induction relevant to the problem•Unconscious•Empathy•Symbol/Metaphor of
the Problem•Elicit Hypnotic Phenomena
EMPATHY•Experiential•Sculpt•Anecdotal Empathy•Pacing/
Matching
ASSESSMENTStrategic QuestionsDAMVTRSeed TherapyFacilitate
change (tenderize)
Access Motivation
Get people to do things
Small strategic steps
Increase tension
The Ericksonian Diamond
• Posture of the Clinician:– Personal– Professional
(Lenses, muscles, heart &
hat)
GoalWhat to communicate?
TailoringWhat is the position
the patient takes?
GiftWrapping
How to communicate
the goal?ProcessingHow to create drama?
(SIFT: Set up--Intervene—Follow-Through)
The Ericksonian Diamond
• Posture of the Clinician:– Personal– Professional
(Lenses, muscles, heart & hat)
How to BE a clinician?
GoalWhat to communicate?
TailoringWhat is the position
the patient takes?
GiftWrapping
How to communicate
the goal?ProcessingHow to create drama?
(SIFT: Set up--Intervene—Follow-Through)
This presentation is Copyright byJeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.
Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., P.C.Clinical Psychologist1935 East Aurelius
Phoenix, Arizona 85020(602) 944-6529
