{"id":5478,"date":"2012-10-19T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpa.scottbuckingham.ca\/blog\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2012-10-19T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T16:00:09","slug":"the-emerging-field-of-psychotraumatology-in-canada-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/the-emerging-field-of-psychotraumatology-in-canada-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emerging Field of Psychotraumatology in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reflections of a Trauma Nurse\/Counsellor\u2019s Academic, Research & Clinical Experiences <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Neo-Ericksonian Approaches to Persuasive Healing<\/span><\/strong> [3]<\/p>\n

The use of Eriksonian hypnotic techniques helps to locate sources of psychological and physical pain to facilitate the natural healing powers of the individual.\u00a0 A wholistic application of hypnosis incorporates wellness, higher consciousness and optimum performance.\u00a0 Trance can be used effectively to promote joy and harmony as well as quiet disharmony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The promotion of wellbeing is a more efficient and beneficial focus of attention <\/strong>than a constant concern with diagnosis and cure.\u00a0 Specific, identifiable thoughts, actions and experiences create wellbeing and peak performance.\u00a0 Internal and external events are available to everyone, but not everyone pays attention to them or takes advantage of them.\u00a0 Clinical application of hypnotic trance is an effective way to direct attention toward these events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goals of Healing Trance:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. To capture attention<\/li>\n
  2. To focus and nourish wellbeing<\/li>\n
  3. To promote contentment<\/li>\n
  4. To support optimal wellbeing<\/li>\n
  5. To precipitate peak experiences<\/li>\n
  6. To expand self-awareness, self-expression and self-mastery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Healing Trance Employs:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Metaphors:<\/span> is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or ideas is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them. (i.e., drowning in money).<\/li>\n
    2. Stories:<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Direct or Indirect Suggestions Found in:<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n