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This podcast is the narrated version of my article Why Milton Erickson Went Off Script with his Patients (and you should too).
Milton Erickson yelled at a therapy client. I flirted with an elderly lady. Sometimes therapy goals can be met in the strangest ways…
In this episode I talk about:
- The physician and the paralyzed king
- Milton Erickson and the paralyzed man
- Why Erickson started insulting his therapy client
- Knowing what motivates
- The art of suspending judgement
- Understanding trance and motivation
- Applying a principle is playing a role
- Transcending technique
Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below:
References/Notes:
- See page 83 of Seeker After Truth by Idries Shah for a slightly different telling of this tale used by Sufis to illustrate truths as part of their spiritual and psychological training and a way to challenge restricted thinking.
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