David Gordon – Therapeutic Metaphors
Archive : David Gordon – Therapeutic Metaphors
Nobody Taught You How To Do The One Key To Milton Ericksonâ€TMs Success
David Gordon, NLP Co-Developer, discloses
Metaphor for therapy
Milton Erickson, the great hypnotherapist, was well-known for his ability to help people make profound personal changes. Erickson merely delivered stories, parables, or jokes to those who didn’t realize what he was doing. Others realized that deeper tendencies were at work.
Erickson made it appear so simple that even the experts were duped. Ernest Rossi, an Erickson student, observed Milton working with a client and documented the hypnotic induction step by step in the book â€oeHypnotic Realities. †When it came to monitoring work with the client, however, Rossi abruptly cut the transcript and wroteâ€at this time Dr. Erickson began to tell a narrative.
Even one of Erickson’s best pupils did not detect these remarkable patterns when they were applied, and neither will the individuals with whom you work.
Erickson had a client with significant premature ejaculation in one of his famous examples many years ago. Because of his condition, he was unable to live a regular xxx life.
Because the guy was ashamed about his condition and was unable to openly address it with Erickson, the master gave him a tale.
In 1935, Erickson published an essay titled “A Study of Experimental Neuroissis Hypnotically Induced in a Case of Ejaculato Praecox” in the British Journal of Medical Psychology. Erickson was telling the man a freshly created narrative with those sophisticated phrases.
Erickson’s study astounded the scientific community. Luminaries like Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson asked Erickson to explain how he came up with his convoluted tale. Erickson spent a full paper to describing his approach in 1944, and yetâ€
Because his technique was so tough and intricate, no one other than Erickson was able to apply Therapeutic metaphor as a therapy modality.
Until David Gordon unlocked the secret and made Therapeutic metaphor available to everybody.
The Metaphor’s Influence
Metaphors are more than just a means to describe an event. Our experience is defined by metaphors. They establish the filters through which we experience and interpret the world. Metaphors, as a result, function as potent levers capable of modifying perception and experience. As a consequence, you may influence people’s behavior.
Therapeutic metaphors are stories that have been deliberately crafted to be a simple yet effective tool for overt or covert transformation. People, you see, see themselves in the tales they hear and become a part of them.
So the true strength of Therapeutic metaphor is in creating an exquisite tale that may spark significant personal change.
Storytelling for a Change
Erickson learned that by telling tales, he could completely overcome cognitive resistance. Therapeutic analogies are analogous to planting a seed. Some appear instantly, while others take time to work.
The true power of therapeutic metaphors lies in their potential to effect profound and long-lasting transformation in an indirect and even covert manner.
This implies that no one has to know your intention when you tell the Therapeutic metaphor. And you may assist folks make significant changes in their life without them even realizing it.
This is how metaphor works. Metaphors are classified into two types: isomorphic and universal. Every event in the tale and the real-world circumstance have a one-to-one correspondence in an isomorphic metaphor.
Real-Life Examples of Therapeutic Metaphors
Despite the fact that I have utilized Therapeutic metaphors several times, there was one situation that astonished me as well. A family approached me because their son had joined an extreme cult and had severed all ties with the family. He disconnected his phone because he thought it was the work of the Devil. He would only converse via mail.
He asked his brother over for a visit one day. The words were explained to the young man’s brother. They would sit in the park peacefully admiring God’s handiwork — nothing else. And if this agreement was broken, the visit would be finished.
As a result, he was unable to discuss any of the truly critical concerns, and he came to my office with an insurmountable assignment. â€How can I contact my brother if I can’t talk to him? â€
We disguised a Therapeutic metaphor as a newspaper story and put it in the young man’s restroom. He came home to his family less than a month later.
Yes, that is a fantastic narrative, but when you know the power of Therapeutic metaphor, you will have this skill as well.
Unlimited Applications And Ability To Assist Others
Although Erickson and many NLP students employ Therapeutic metaphor in therapy, it has numerous other applications, including:
* Hearing and appreciating the meaning of metaphors others employ to express their experiences, and being able to relate to them on those terms.
*
Communicating more efficiently with family members and discussing sensitive matters with them. Working with family members is frequently the most difficult, but therapeutic metaphor makes it all possible.
* Persuade a customer to perform without soliciting a sale. Your results will skyrocket, and you will never lose contact with the client.
Metaphors provide a shared language and a shared environment in which you may communicate effectively with others.
The finest aspect is that the shared world of Therapeutic metaphor might become one in which the client discovers their own answer to their problem. And you have the power to make it all happen.
Are you still employing antiquated methods?
David Gordon was a co-developer of NLP back in the day. He was a member of an exclusive group that included Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Leslie Cameron-Bandler, and Robert Dilts.
John Grinder and Richard Bandler had recently finished their astonishing modeling of Milton Erickson and had published three volumes on Erickson’s language and therapeutic patterns.
David Gordon was given the task of creating a model of Erickson’s stories. The consequence was the publication of â€Therapeutic metaphors†in 1978. People were able to employ Therapeutic metaphors to create deep transformation after being equipped with Gordonâ€TMs magical work.
However, David has continued to polish and develop his work after its release. Unfortunately, just a few people have been kept up to speed on Therapeutic metaphor.
What if your computer was still running PC-DOS 1.0? You’d be losing out on the power, elegance, and cutting-edge technology.
David Gordon’s long-lost tapes were recently discovered and transferred to DVD.
David gave a rare three-day course at my Florida headquarters a few years ago. It was completely sold out, and people travelled from all over the world to attend.
Here are some of their thoughts on the seminar:
â€Halfway through the seminar, I altered the way I performed treatment for the rest of my life!â€
†– Rapavi, S. Rea, M.Ht.
â€Every therapist who wishes to assist their clients transform should employ Davidâ€TMs effective strategies.
†– Arthur Van Wyck, J.
â€David Gordonâ€TMs Therapeutic Metaphor Training should be obligatory watching for all parents, therapists, and salespeople.
†– Marie Helene
We recorded every word on Digital Video, and I’m ashamed to confess that I put them on a shelf in my office and promptly forgot about them. Until David launched his new modeling book.
We recently discovered them and have them copied to five DVDs. We also have the notes David distributed at the presentation.
However, this might be the deciding factorâ€
Have you ever heard a story told by David Gordon? Wow. Throughout the training, David uses Therapeutic metaphors, and it is quite simple to adapt David’s stories and utilize them in your own work. Hey, I use David’s tales all the time, and they work great.
Only twelve 8-piece sets are available.
People paid approximately $600 to hear David deliver Therapeutic Metaphor Live. They also did not receive copies of the recordings for evaluation.
However, you may listen to these recordings again and over again.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.