Experiencing Consciousness with Kathryn L. Rossi & Jan Dyba

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we will focus on a topic of deep trance phenomena and its nature. Among other topics we will address the following issues: - Is there something like a depth of trance and does it really matter? - What are the levels of a depth of trance and how to recognize it? - How to understand a trance and its depth and how to utilize it in a therap...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we will focus on a topic of utilization of hypnosis in a treatment of substance abuse. Among other topics we will address the following issues: - Utilizing hypnosis in a process of developing a trusting relationship and establishing a firm rapport - What are the "advantages" of using substances? - What information to gather be...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we will focus on a topic of alcohol addiction and it's therapy both with and without hypnosis. Among other things we will focus on the following topics: 1. When is drinking alcohol actually a problem? 2. Is it me or my family, or maybe somewhere in-between - an interaction of an individual problem with a systemic context 3. How to d...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we will focus on a habit of smoking and a question of smoking cessation both with and without utilization of hypnosis. Among other things we will focus on the following topics: 1. The dynamics of smoking from a clinical perspective 2. Functions of smoking and how to utilize it in a clinical practice 3. Smoking and attention - brainwave...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we delineate a general framework for a treatment of addictions with hypnosis. The episode focuses on addictions in general providing some important hints and key points on the subject. Among other things the following topics will be discussed: 1. General framework for working with addictions 2. The relationship between addictions and ul...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we will answer some of questions that one of our listeners asked us in a comment. The questions were as follows: 1. Why doesn't the subconscious mind fix the individual on regular basis, in everyday life whereas it has answers? 2. Why do we need hypnosis to shift our understanding to new tracks? 3. I experienced a significant improv...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we discuss the topic of case conceptualization in hypnosis. All three of us (dr Kathryn L. Rossi, dr Roxanna Erickson-Klein and Jan Dyba) will focus on the topic from our own unique perspectives. These way you will be able to experience three different ways of thinking about the problem to be addressed, the client and therapeutic proces...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we discuss the topic of an importance of having a reference group and it's role. Dr Kathryn Rossi, dr Roxanna Erickson and me will share our perspectives on the subject. Among other things we will discuss various roles a reference group plays in a responsible psychotherapeutic work, we will also attempt at answering why it is import...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we discuss the topic of pain management and the role of hypnosis in this process. Both dr Kathryn Rossi and dr Roxanna Erickson will share their unique perspectives on the subject combined with a lot of personal examples and anecdotes from their own life and work as well as from life and work of Milton H. Erickson and Ernest L. Rossi.

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we discuss the topic of a general usefulness of hypnosis in a process of psychotherapy and healing. Among others, the following key points will be addressed: 1. What are some of the most therapeutically valuable characteristics of hypnosis? 2. How and why does it enhances and/or facilitates therapeutic change? 3. Is there some form of h...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we discuss the topic of some of the most common misconceptions about and around hypnosis. The discussion will revolve around the following questions: 1. What constitutes a real hypnotic experience? 2. What is a difference between stage hypnosis and therapeutic hypnosis in a clinical setting? 3. Who and what is responsible for a change i...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we make an attempt at defining the term Hypnosis. The discussion will revolve around the following questions: 1. What is the relation between hypnosis and dissociation? 2. The role of attention and expectancy? 3. Is hypnosis a natural state of mind? 4. What's a difference between high and low phase hypnosis?

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we make an attempt at outlining some ways of accessing the Unconscious Mind and its potentials. The discussion will revolve around the following questions: 1. What are some of the ways of accessing the Unconscious Mind? 2. What are some of the natural neuro-biological ways of accessing and facilitating the unconsciousness? 3. What are s...

In the following episode together with Roxanna Erickson-Klein we make an attempt at defining the term Unconscious Mind. The discussion will revolve around the following questions: 1. Is it a positive force or a reservoir of negativity? 2. Is it more a process or a state? 3. How do we experience it? 4. Can we trust the unconscious and when? 5. What is an inner observer and what's its role?

In this live Q&A session is the first one, where we are joined by  Roxanna Erickson-Klein PhD, an influential author of profesional books  and papers, one of the world's best teachers in clinical hypnosis and  ericksonian approaches to psychotherapy, as well as a practicing  clinician and a daughter of MIlton H. Erickson MD. Together the three of us are having a conversatio...

In the following episode together with dr Kathryn L. Rossi we are going  to address a following question asked by one of our listeners - Can a  person be completely changed or remodeled with use of hypnosis?  While answering this question following important topics were addressed: - What is a nature of change in hypnosis in particular and in  psychotherapy in general? - The bur...

In the following episode together with dr Kathryn L. Rossi we are going  to address a question of motivation to attend a therapy and to be in  therapy.  Among other things we will focus on: 1. What motivates people to start a therapy? 2. Conscious and unconscious motivation 3. How to work with both 4. How to follow the process to facilitate motivation? 5. How to focus a client back...

In the following episode together with dr Kathryn L. Rossi we are  attempting at drawing the distinction between direct, indirect,  non-direct approaches do therapeutic hypnosis in particular and  psychotherapy in general.  Additionally a topic of multilevel communication is addressed.

In the following episode we will attempt at defining a difference  between a direct, an indirect and non-direct approaches to  psychotherapy, hypnosis and communication.   Dr Kathryn Rossi will perform a demonstration aiming at drawing the  distinction. The demonstration is then followed by a discussion.

In this Live Q&A session with Kathryn L. Rossi PhD and Jan Dyba we are addressing the question of numinosum.  What it is and how an experience of it is related and relevant to nowadays life? How it is relevant to psychotherapy? How to evoke and facilitate it within a therapeutic process? How is it related to the 4-stage creative process? These are only few of addressed questions.

In the following episode we will attempt at defining a field of psychosocial genomics. What is psychosocial genomics? What is a relationship between gene expression and environment? Can gene expression be modified by hypnosis in particular and by psychotherapy in general? What is a future of psychotherapy in this regard? These are only few questions that we will address in this discussion.

In this Live Q&A session with Kathryn L. Rossi PhD and Jan Dyba we are addressing the question of an unconscious mind.  What are the origins of the idea of an unconsciousness? What are different approaches to understanding of the unconsciousness and  unconscious processes? How can we view these processes today and how to utilize it within a therapy session?  The discussion cover...

In the following episode we will attempt at addressing a matter of time  distortion in hypnosis. Is it more a hypnotic phenomena or a natural  characteristic of a trance? How to elicit, facilitate and utilize it in a  therapeutic practice? These are only some of the key points of our  discussion.

In this episode we address a question, if it is possible to achieve  significant changes within a framework of single 45-50 minute session. Within this episode we particularly focus on:   how to best utilize 45-50 minute session in a context of 90-120 minute  basic rest-activity cycle. How to plan a 50 minute session taking into consideration a 4-stage  creative process and its...

In this part of our first Live Q&A session with Kathryn L. Rossi PhD and Jan Dyba we are addressing the following question: Can hypnosis help me with a loss of a loved one? How to overcome difficult emotions connected with a loss of a loved one? How hypnosis can be utilized in helping a person to handle a grief process? How to learn to recognize natural cycles within a process of grief? Doctor...