Intrapsychic Change!

Dr. Erickson indicated that intrapsychic change; both positive and negative occur quite naturally both in and out of hypnosis. Natural intrapsychic change has occurred regularly throughout one’s lifetime, hypnosis facilitates this natural process when an individual encounters an internal resistance to change. This resistance is often based in guilt, circular thinking and a narrow view of life. He uses three forms of intrapsychic change to by-pass these resistances which he treats as mere blockages that are easy to deal with; when the correct intervention is used. Often times this intervention seems manipulative and sometimes cold, yet when done as he does, with an optimistic approach in supportive of natural self-directed growth, positive input is accepted at the unconscious level, because choices are made from within. At the same time he maintains that outside intervention inhibits the internal growth that is necessary and needed. So, sensitivity to the delicate balance of intervention is required for positive intrapsychic change to occur.

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