Steve Andreas Milton Erickson Foundation Newsletter, Spring 2007 Cathy was a 55–year-old single client of a colleague. Her initial complaint was that although she was very competent in her work, she repeatedly raged at her boss and at co-workers. It soon emerged that she had a history of sexual abuse from her father, and had …
Steve Andreas Painting the Sun. When small children paint the sun, they make a circle with rays going out. You’ve all seen that; you probably did it yourself when you were little. A year or so later, they paint the sun partly behind clouds. The next stage is to paint the rays coming out from the …
by Steve Andreas©2000 “Ignorance is bliss” is a statement that is often heard.This statement seems to mean that lack of knowledge is a good thing, and impliess that knowledge brings suffering. It is a nice example of a quotation being used out of context, and then widely misunderstood. The original quotation is from a poem* …
by Steve Andreas©1999 When I taught introductory psychology classes in junior college in the late 60’s, one of the topics was color perception. Since I had well over a hundred students each semester, and the incidence of color blindness is about 5% among males, there were usually two or three students with color perception deficits. …
by Steve Andreas (formerly John O. Stevens) “As a man’s real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower:until at last he chooses nothing,but does only and wholly what he must do…”—Ursula LeGuin It is clear from even a brief review of current writing on the subject that …
Determinism:
Prerequisite for a Meaningful Freedom* Read More »
© 2000 Steve Andreas Congruence is a name for that state in which every fiber of your being is in agreement. Wherever your attention is, it is undivided. Whether you are watching a sunset or changing a flat tire, no part of you is attending to something else. No part is whispering, “But you really …
©2002 Our inner experiencing shifts rapidly and unconsciously between many different levels, whether we are demonstrating our greatest skills, or feeling trapped in our most frustrating problems. This fresh understanding of logical levels begins with a simple, yet crucial fundamental distinction that previous descriptions (including Bateson’s) missed entirely. This key distinction unlocks confusing and complex …
CHANGING BELIEFSSTEVE & CONNIRAE ANDREAS Verbatim transcript of a DVD demonstration by Steve and Connirae Andreas of the submodalities belief change pattern developed by Richard Bandler, available on DVD from NLP Comprehensive. This transcript is also included in Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works, © Sage Publications, Inc., 2007. Used with permission. See http://psyc.alexanderstreet.com BEGIN …
by Steve Andreas©2000 The following is a very interesting exchange between Richard Bandler and someone who is very sure about something. B: Are you sure?P: Yes.B: Are you sure you’re sure?P: Yes.B: Are you sure enough to be UNSURE?P: Yes.B: OK, Let’s talk. Before reading further, I strongly recommend that you think of …
(Videotape Review) Michael D. Yapko, Ph. D*reviewed by Steve Andreas©2000 Michael Yapko is a prominent and capable Ericksonian therapist, presenter, and author, who specializes in the treatment of depression. Depression is a major and widespread problem, and NLP has not developed a specific process for its resolution. This videotape ( 3) offers a rich …
Breaking Patterns of Depression: Hypnosis and Building Resources* Read More »
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