NYSEPH Video Library

We offer a large range of video tapes for NYSEPH members and students. You will be able to see how practitioners of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy incorporate Erickson's techniques into their own therapeutic work. In order to borrow a tape, you need to have paid your membership dues since September, 2008 or be a current NYSEPH student.

To borrow tapes please call Judith Armour Grosz at (212) 794-0143

The reviews seen below have been written by NYSEPH students.

1--Barber, Joseph---Utilizing Hypnosis in Psychotherapy
2--Barber, Joseph--Hypnotic Alteration of Pain Perception
2a-Barber, Joseph--Posthypnotic Suggestion:  Capitalizing on our Imagination

Barber hypnotizes a therapist who wants to become more confident in speaking in front of groups.  He begins by assessing the client's goals and normalizing the problem.  He reframes it as anxiety and has her use a 1-10 rating scale which he then uses at various times in the induction and afterwards.  He utilizes her resources and emphasizes her own ability to create a state of comfort whenever she wants.

This tape is helpful in demonstrating the entire process of initial assessment, induction and post-trance assessment.  It is also engaging and humorous.

3--Erickson, Milton--The Reverse Set in Hypnotic Induction
4--Erickson, Milton--Explorer in Hypnosis and Therapy (bio)
5--Gilligan, Stephen--Utilizing Different Parts of a Person Simultaneously
6--Gilligan, Stephen--Accessing Unconscious Processes
8--Lankton, Stephen--The Role of Association and Dissociation in Co-Creating Experience in Therapy
9--Lustig, Herbert--The Artistry of Milton Erickson (Monde)
l0--Lustig, Herbert--The Primer of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
11--Moore, Marion--The Constructive Use of Hypnotic Phenomena
12--Pearson, Robert--Ericksonian Induction Strategies
14--Rosen, Sidney--A Quick Utilization Approach to Hypnotic Inductions
15--Rossi, Ernest--A Fail-Safe Double-Find Approach to Hypnotic Inductions
16--Rossi, Ernest--A Sensitive, Fail-Safe Approach to Hypnosis
17--Thompson, Kay--Conversational Introduction to Trance
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The VHS quality is not good--the tape breaks up in one part for 30 seconds.  However, the tape is interesting and recommended.
Kay does a conversational induction with someone she already knows. She tells a story about how a tree grows in the woods and we can see the subject clearly go into trance with eyes open, then closed, then open just from listening to the story.  The client is a hypnotist himself and this is particularly interesting.  Kay's story is general and there is very little that is specific to the client, but at the end of the session he comments on the fact that "she knows him so well" based on the induction.  He is not aware that she is being general and finds the induction to be therapeutic. Kay has a powerful presence and excellent delivery.
 
18--Zeig,Jeffrey--Using Metaphor and Interspersal Technique
19--Granat, Jay--Surviving in a Managed Care Environment
20--Barber,Joseph--Posthypnotic Suggestion: Capitalizing on our Imagination
21--Erickson, Betty Alice--Trances--Healing and Helping, Changing and Creating
22--Gilligan, Stephen--The Courage to Love: a Demonstration of Self-Relation Therapy
23--Lankton, Stephen Change for Profound Work in a Single Session
24--Rossi, Ernest--Symptom Path to Enlightenment
25--Thompson, Kay--Pain Control and Healing Enhancement Using Hypnosis
26--Yapko, Michael--Hypnosis and Exploring Options--Teaching Session
27--Zeig, Jeffrey--Integrative Ericksonian Therapy
28--Kershaw, Carol--Treating Chronic Illness with Hypnosis
 
Kershaw induces a healing trance with a woman who desired help with chronic neck, spine and leg pain.  The initial induction utilizes the client's past experiences of trance and an early learning set which is used as a metaphor for unconscious involvement in self-healing.  A post-hypnotic suggestion includes a continuation of healing.  Kershaw's dialogue with the audience after the session clarifies her choices of metaphors and the reasons for the absence of specific mention of pain during the trance.  The client stated that the more general focus on mastery, which was her own goal, was helpful.

29--Greenleaf, Eric--Dreams: Strolling the Royal Road
30--Gilligan, Stephen--Self-Relations Psychology
31--Rosen, Sidney--The Panic Chair
32--Edgette, --Sports and Performance Therapy