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EVOCATION: WHY THERAPY CAN BE BRIEF

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MA LEARNS TO READ

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0.1The Difference

Between Traditional and

Evocative Therapies

Traditional: Deficit assumption

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0.2The Difference

Between Traditional and

Evocative Therapies

Evocative: Resource assumption

�6Clients have: Resources Abilities Skills Strengths Solutions Knowledge Motivation

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0.3The Difference

Between Traditional and

Evocative Therapies

Traditional: Role of the Therapist

�7 Therapist is: Expert in what is wrong Knows what is normal and what is not Has a model of mental health that explains what’s wrong and how to correct it Adding information or new beliefs

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0.4The Difference

Between Traditional and

Evocative Therapies

Evocative: Role of the Therapist

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Therapist is expert in: Change process helping access client’s abilities, resources, skills, strengths, solutions knowledge and motivationClient is expert in: His or her complaints, suffering, longings, and perceptions of and responses to therapy H i s o r h e r o w n l i f e / v a l u e s , preferences, longings What works and doesn’t

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THE HORSE KNOWS THE

WAY

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1.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 1

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Find an ability, value or some knowledge: At work In hobbies or interests In the past In the present

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ERICKSON LEARNS TO

PRONOUNCE GOVERNMENT

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1.2How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 1

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Evoke that ability through: Questions Therapist response Noticing and highlighting it Storytelling In-session or between-session task Hypnotic phenomena

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1.3How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 1

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Link/help transfer that ability through: Questions Linking words (when, the next time, if, then) C h a n g e v e r b t e n s e s (problem in past; solution in present or future) Task assignment Presupposition Post-hypnotic suggestion ><

THE AFRICAN VIOLET QUEEN

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2.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 2

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Tr a n s f o r m a l i a b i l i t y /problem into a resource/solution: Value that experience, trait, problem Think of a context in which it could lead the client toward their longings and goals ><

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE

EXPERIENCE AS A

CARPENTER

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THE GAP IN THE TEETH

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3.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 3

�18 Notice and highlight what works E v o k e c o n t e x t s o f competence Evoke contexts for helpful experiences

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A BOY IMPROVES HIS

WRITING

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4.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 4

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Tell a story/use metaphor Use art (music, poetry, visual arts, dance, film, novels, plays, etc.)

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THE BRICK WALL STORIES

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Ken Robinson - Gillian Lynne story

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Patch Adams - Seeing Beyond Problems

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Beck Weathers - Motivation

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Aaron Ralston - Future Pull #1

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Aaron Ralston - Future Pull #2

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Bill Bryson - Why Your Life is a Miracle

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5.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 5

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Presuppose

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“I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU WILL CHANGE”

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6.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 6

�30Give the client something ambiguous on which to p r o j e c t m e a n i n g a n d positive change A m b i g u o u s t a s k assignments Empty words and phrases

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BOTANICAL GARDEN

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DRIVEWAY THERAPY

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7.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 7

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Give the client something to resist that can lead in a positive direction Noxious tasks Insults

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“MAY HE DROWN IN HIS

OWN SPIT”

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A UNIQUE APPROACH TO

INSOMNIA

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8.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 8

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Empty Words Solution-Oriented Inner Work/Hypnosis

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8.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 8

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No need for conscious k n o w l e d g e , r e c a l l o r deliberate effort

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THERE ARE RESOURCES WITHIN AND

AROUND YOU AND I WILL BE CURIOUS . . .

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9.1How to Use Evocative Methods

Evocative Method 9

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Disrupt repeating patterns The good news and bad news about brain plasticity

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WALK TO GET YOUR

CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL

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FOR ME, SHIFTING TO THE EVOCATION ORIENTATION WAS

A REVOLUTIONLESS WORK LESS DEEP DIVING/SPECULATING TO FIND THE “TRUE CAUSES” OR “ISSUES” MORE CONFIDENCE LESS WORRY ABOUT IMPOSING MY VALUES OR IDEAS MORE PARTNERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT

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