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The Problem is the Solution! How to Use Symptom Phenomena to Generate Solutions

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When I have time, I will write a more comprehensive review of this audio seminar, but for now I just want to get something up so that anybody reading this will have a bit of feedback to chew on.

This is a wonderful set of tapes. The only negative aspect is that there are some gaps in terms of what the listeners get to participate in. The sound quality is perfect, but occasionally Steven will reference group processes that just are not included in the tapes. That said, what is included fits together in a way that the listener can enjoy without feeling necessary information is left out.

Gilligan is a poet and brings a beautiful asthetic component to each idea he utters. He is also very human and, therefore, does much to shrug off the inevitable 'guru' status that he could easily take on. His stories are compelling and highly instructive. He examples are thourough and specific. And the hynotic inductions are delightful to 'get into'...

But more than anything, I was most impressed by the general picture of therapeutic healing that Gilligan presents. The main picture being that of learning to recognize the healing activity that is trying to be expressed in our symtomology, and how to develop and focused tenderness around the complex so that we can help what is trying to awaken to AWAKEN.

Steven's model of psychotherapy is also recommended because it can move in a brief or long-term direction, depending on the needs and resources of the client. I would highly recommend Steven's book "The Courage to Love" to fill out this experience as well as his hypnotic masterpiece "Trance-Formations".

Dr. Gilligan is the founder / creater of self-relations therapy, an extremely powerful way of facilitating change for clients in therapy. It is, in fact, the most powerful, all embracing way I have yet to see, experience and use. In this collection of recordings from a workshop is direct information on self-relations and its use. Gilligan is a masterful story-teller, and keys to personal freedom for you and your clients are peppered throughout.

I would recommend this collection of recordings along with The Courage To Love, by Dr. Gilligan, a seminal piece of work that should be required reading and experience for all practicing therapists, especially anyone interested in Gestalt and hypnosis, though his work reaches far far beyond that. The Courage to Love: Principles and Practices of Self-Relations Psychotherapy