The Case of Terri:
Mobilizing Resources in Hypnosis
A Clinical Demonstration of Hypnosis in Building Personal Resources
Terri begins her narrative by reporting that she has a "history of falling down." She has suffered numerous injuries and painful episodes as a result of her difficulties walking. despite her doctors' assurances that she is in good health, she is concerned about aging and being injured or becoming ill as time goes on. Terri's anxiety about growing older, falling down, suffering, and getting sick become the basis for a moving hypnosis session. Dr. Yapko works with Terri to help her take "the next steps' in her life, literally and metaphorically, with grace and confidence. This professionally filmed session includes explanatory sbutitles highlighting nuances of Dr. Yapko's intervention and long-term follow-up information on Terri's progress. VHS/DVD - 66 minutes
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ISBN: VHS: 978-1-932462-37-1 $39.95
The Case of Carol
Possibilities and Probabilities in Hypnosis
A Clinical Demonstration in Empowering Decision-Making
A Clinical Demonstration in Empowering Decision-Making
Carol is a 61-year-old woman at a crossroads in her life, especially with regard to her marriage of 40 years. She has been unable to make a decision as to whether she should divorce her husband or stay in an unsatisfying marriage. She wants to make a decision based on clear thinking and the confidence that it really is the right thing to do. Through hypnosis, Dr. Yapko helps Carol to gain a deeper awareness of what it means to evolve as a growth-oriented person and to make a choice from that place. The professionally filmed session includes explanatory subtitles highlighting subtle aspects of Dr. Yapko's intervention and long-term follow-up information on Carol's progress. VHS/DVD - 64 minutes
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HYPNOSIS AND EXPLORING OPTIONS
A Clinical Demonstration/Teaching Session with Consuelo
Without question, Michael Yapko, Ph.D., is one of the clearest, most convincing teaching psychotherapists in the world. And for those who are interested in learning about the construction and delivery of hypnotic and strategic interventions, this 60-minute videotape is one of the best.Exquisitely filmed, the videotape shows Dr. Yapko's work with a psychologist from Italy. Consuelo describes herself as feeling stuck, wanting to devote more time to writing but not being able to do it. After laying the groundwork for the ways that hypnosis can be used to help people become "unstuck," Dr. Yapko begins his session with Consuelo.
A live session shown in real time, this therapeutic interaction proves to be as effective as it is instructive -- a powerful teaching vehicle as well as demonstration. The addition of subtitles and commentary helps to further clarify the underlying themes addressed by Dr. Yapko and the way in which they are received at different junctures.
At the close of the session, Consuelo expresses her belief that a positive change has taken place. And, indeed, at two-month follow-up, which is included on the tape, Consuelo has made progress toward her goal. Further follow-up shows that she has, in fact, completed a book, which is about to be published. The question-and-answer section at the end of the tape adds another dimension to the learning.
Hypnosis and Exploring Options is an important contribution to the resource pool of anyone who wants to truly understand the how's and why's of hypnosis. Michael Yapko's confident flexibility and teaching grace make the videotape an invaluable tool, not only highlighting his talent, but guiding the way for others to incorporate elements of the approach into their own repertoires.
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HYPNOTICALLY GENERATING THERAPEUTIC POSSIBILITIES
A Clinical Demonstration/Teaching Session with Bob
Hypnosis, to quote Michael Yapko, is about focusing--about helping clients build a frame of mind to accomplish their goals. What attracted Yapko to hypnosis--and has kept him attracted to it all these years? His answer, quite simply: “I don't know a better way of empowering people.”In this compelling 60-minute teaching demonstration of a formal induction, viewers watch as Dr. Yapko, a master listener and storyteller, empowers Bob, a fellow clinician struggling with issues of professional competence.
Emphasizing the inherent ambiguities of the clinical situation, and the multiple ways of doing good therapy, Dr. Yapko frees Bob to begin to trust himself more and to worry less about validation from others. Upon coming out of hypnosis, Bob observes how liberating the session was for him. “There was a world of choices,” he says, “where before there was only one--and the one I had wasn't any good."
The tape includes captioned commentaries in which Dr. Yapko explains his goals for the session and the significance of moment-by-moment interventions. A brief, concluding Q&A section adds another dimension to the learning. Michael Yapko is among today's clearest teaching therapists. And for all those interested in how metaphor, humor, confusion, and storytelling can be combined with permissive suggestions to open up new possibilities for clients, Hypnotically Generating Therapeutic Possibilities is without peer.
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ISBN: VHS: 978-1-891944-44-4 • Running time 60 minutes • $39.95
ISBN: DVD: 978-1-932462-50-0 $39.95
THE CASE OF SOL
Hypnotic Intervention for a Man Suffering Co-Morbid Depression and Axiety
Sol is a psychologist seeking help for his long-term depression. Sol's depression has intensified over the years as he has come to face the painful reality that his fantasies of professional and financial success -- culminating in an early retirement -- will go unfulfilled. Sol is deeply self-critical, anxious about how he will cope with his predicament, and doubtful that he can do anything to change his feelings or his circumstances.
Sol identifies his "history of being humorous" as his principal means of coping, a resource Michael Yapko uses liberally in his hypnotic intervention. Throughout the hypnosis session, Dr. Yapko highlights Sol's personal resources. In addition, he clarifies the importance not only of having goals and fantasies, but also of having the internal mechanism for making sure they are realistic, with specific, identifiable steps to eventually bring them to fruition. Michael Yapko's pragmatism is evident in his ability to empathetically "push" Sol into redefining who he is and who he can be, quite apart from who he once fantasized about being.
The session is professionally videotaped, and enhanced with helpful introductory graphics describing the patterns of depression/anxiety co-morbidity and the value of hypnosis as a means of intervention. Throughout the tape are numerous subtitles explaining key points in the intervention, and the tape concludes with follow-up information on Sol's subsequent progress. This is an outstanding teaching tape for all those interested in the skilled application of hypnosis in the treatment of complex co-morbid cases.
An additional training video from Michael Yapko, BREAKING PATTERNS OF DEPRESSION: HYPNOSIS AND BUILDING RESOURCES, is available in the Brief Therapy Inside Out Video Series 
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