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Re:About laziness
Joseph Wehry · 12/22/01 at 1:49 PM ET
My understanding, as a student of Erickson's work, is that Erickson would not "fight" a client's laziness, but rather "join with it" and utilize it for the patient's benefit. Since you already are reading "My Voice Will Go with You", it's a good place to begin to look for examples: In the chapter, Motivating Tales, the story "Learning to Stand Up" could be used with a client to use their current inactivity as an opportunity to sit and observe in order to learn and stand up (with all that implies.) In the chapter, Trust the Unconscious, the story "The Boy Will Talk" one learns to foster a client's self-trust. In Overcoming Habbitual Limitations, "Going from Room to Room" provides another lesson. On the other end of the spectrum of responses, "Your Alcoholic Has to be Sincere" points to Erickson's willingness to either directly or indirectly have a client discover if they were honestly ready to change. I do not know what is meant by the "philosphy of activation", but I do know that Erickson was interested in responsiveness. Behavior that could be labeled "lazy", or no-response, is still a response. Erickson could use that as feedback about what was, and was not, working to activate or motivate the client.
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