Therapy Tough Clients

ContentsForeword by Rubin BattinovIntroduction 1Chapter 1. Initial sessions with Maggie and Charles 13The Case of Maggie: a referral for individual therapy 13Pandora’s Box 16Notes for practice 19The Case of Charles, another referral for individual therapy 21The Three Lessons 24Notes for practice 25Chapter 2. Metaphor, story and other invaluable devices 29Cultural issues: Missing the point 31Research on metaphor 32Metaphorical examples 33Metaphors for depression 33Hackneyed metaphors and Easy Street 34Concrete metaphors 34The Story and the anecdote 35Hypnotic language 35Hypnotic phenomena and elegant indirect techniques 37Time distortion 38Amnesia 38Dissociation 40Catalepsy 41Taking advantage of hypnotic phenomena in the session 41Integration through discussion? 43Moments of dissociation in a session 44Embedded suggestion 44The Wok 45Waterfalls and enormous soft drinks 45Security anecdote 46Balloons everywhere 46Tony’s Balloons 46Frankie’s Balloons 47Seeding 48Sound seed and split suggestion 49vii