Re:No Help/Today´s Erickson

Erickson's back ground contributed so very much to his observation skill, pioneering spirit, and folk wisdon, that I would very assuredly say, there is no one alive today who is "close" in therapeutic savvy and skill. If such a person existed, I'd be there studying!

He did not elaborate much on the person who was not really seeking help. He would speak of one or two from time to time, is all. I think we've all seen a few of these. But there are several variables that may be contributors. It is not necessarily just a 'stubborn' or willful intent to defeat therapists (or parents, etc.), although this is one large variable. Other things such as the person's history with success at change, history with success getting change via talking, years of framing the themselves and the world in a certain way, and also learned limitation that inhibit the development of experiential resources, are all large factors. So, we all have many of these to some degree...but when someone has many of them to a large degree or even has one of them to a huge degree...then they may simply not be candidates for psychotherapy.

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Re:No Help/Today´s Erickson, by Mat, 11/10/03 Re:No Help/Today´s Erickson, by Steve Lankton, 11/12/03

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