Brief Therapy Approaches to Treating Anxiety and Depression - Conference Proceedings

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This edited conference proceedings volume focuses on brief therapy strategies for treating anxiety and depression, shaped by the Fourth Annual San Diego Conference on Hypnotic and Strategic Interventions (March 4–6, 1988). It presents keynote and multiple intervention chapters addressing clinical issues such as depression mechanisms, temporal orientation disturbances, and therapeutic metaphor applications. For anxiety, it covers panic recognition, hypnotherapeutic approaches, perceptual theories, and hypnotic-strategic treatment pathways. The goal is to translate hypnosis principles into practical, reliable interventions for disorders that often resist consistent “hit or miss” treatment outcomes.

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CategoryHealthcare

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Pages380

Reading Time15 h 58 min

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Preface

Conference Overview and Objectives

Acknowledgments

About the Milton H. Erickson Institute of San Diego

Conference Faculty and Presentation Titles

Section One: Keynote Address

Explanatory Style: Predicting Depression, Achievement, and Health

Section Two: Interventions for Depression

Consciousness, Emotional Complexes, and the Mind-Gene Connection

A Renaissance Paradigm

Treating Achilles' Heel: Differentiation of Depressive States and Clinical Intervention

Disturbances of Temporal Orientation as a Feature of Depression

The Multidimensional Application of Therapeutic Metaphors in the Treatment of Depression

No More Monsters and Meanies: Multisensory Metaphors for Helping Children with Fears and Depression

Therapeutic Diagnosing in Cases of Childhood Depression

Integrating Ericksonian Strategies Into Structured Groups for Depression

Section Three: Interventions for Anxiety

From Panic to Peace: Recognizing the Continua

A Hypnotherapeutic Approach to Panic Disorder

Anxiety as a Function of Perception: A Theory About Anxiety and a Procedure

Trance-Forming Anxiety: Hypnotic and Strategic Approaches to Treatment

Section Four: Therapeutic Approaches for Anxiety and Depression

The Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Pain States

Hypnotic Treatment of Depression with the Use of Dissociation and Submodalities

When Doesn't the Problem Happen?

The Therapist as Variety Generator: Developing Solutions with Depressed Clients

Name Index

Subject Index

# Brief TherapyApproaches toTreating Anxietyand Depression Brief TherapyApproaches toTreating Anxietyand Depression Edited byMichael D.Yapko,PH.D. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brief therapy approaches to treating anxiety and depression/edited byMichael D.Yapko. p.cm. Based on the proceedings of the Fourth Annual San Diego Conference onHypnotic and Strategic Interventions,March 4-6,1988;sponsored by the Milton H.Erickson Institute of San Diego. Includes bibliographies and index.ISBN 0-87630-508-7 1.Anxiety—Treatment—Congresses.2.Depression,Mental—Treatment一Congresses.3.Psychotherapy,Brief-Congresses.I.Yapko,Michael D.II.SanDiego Conference on Hypnotic and Strategic Interventions(4th:1988)II.Milton H.Erickson Institute of San Diego(Calf.) [DNLM:1.Anxiety—therapy—congresses.2.Depression—therapy.3.Psycho-therapy,Brief—congresses.WM 420 B85321988]RC531.B751989616.85'2230651—dc20DNLM/DLC for Library of Congress89-15746CIP Copyright ◎1989 by Michael D.Yapko,Ph.D. Published by Routledge270 Madison Ave,New York NY 1001627 Church Road,Hove,East Sussex,BN32FA Transferred to Digital Printing 2010 All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced by any processwhatsoever without the written permission of the copyright owner. Publisher's Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprintbut points out that some imperfections in the original may be apparent. This book is dedicated toJeffrey K.Zeig, with appreciation,affection,and respect.His knowledge of gliding and boulder dodginghas proved to be most inspirational. Contents Preface nmαmm Conference Overview and Objectives Acknowledgments About the Milton H. Erickson Institute of San Diego Conference Faculty and Presentation Titles SECTION ONE: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1.Explanatory Style: Predicting Depression, Achievement, and Health………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5 Martin E.P. Seligman SECTION TWO: INTERVENTIONS FOR DEPRESSION 2. Consciousness, Emotional Complexes, and the Mind-Gene Connection……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………35 Ernest L. Rossi 3. A Renaissance Paradigm…………………………………………………………………………50 John J. Koriath 4. Treating Achilles'Heel: Differentiation of Depressive States and Clinical Intervention with the Depressed Patient …………………64 Waleed Anthony Salameh 5. Disturbances of Temporal Orientation as a Feature of Depression………………………………………………………………………………………………………106 Michael D. Yapko 6. The Multidimensional Application of Therapeutic Metaphors in the Treatment of Depression……………………………………………………………119 Brita A. Martiny 7. No More Monsters and Meanies: Multisensory Metaphors for Helping Children with Fears and Depression ………………………………150 Joyce C. Mills 8. Therapeutic Diagnosing in Cases of Childhood Depression Ronald M.Gabriel…………………………………………………………………………………………171 viii 9. Integrating Ericksonian Strategies Into Structured Groups for Depression ……………………………………………………………………………………………184 Brent B. Geary SECTION THREE: INTERVENTIONS FOR ANXIETY 10. From Panic to Peace: Recognizing the Continua ………………………207 Russell A.Bourne, Jr. 11. A Hypnotherapeutic Approach to Panic Disorder ……………………226 Harriet E. Hollander 12. Anxiety as a Function of Perception: A Theory About Anxiety and a Procedure to Reduce Symptoms to Manageable Levels………………………………………………………………………………………………245 David L. Higgins 13. Trance-Forming Anxiety: Hypnotic and Strategic Approaches to Treatment……………………………………………………………………264 Christopher J. Beletsis SECTION FOUR:THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION 14. The Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Pain States……281 Robert Schwarz 15. Hypnotic Treatment of Depression with the Use of Dissociation and Submodalities……………………………………………………………………303 Norma Barretta Philip Barretta Joseph A.Bongiovanni 16. When Doesn't the Problem Happen?………………………………………………314 Jane

FAQs

What is the purpose of this edited volume on brief therapy?

The volume is designed to advance clinical practice by exploring focused, innovative ways to address anxiety and mood disorders using hypnosis and brief-therapy techniques.

How does the book structure interventions for anxiety and depression?

It organizes content into sections: a keynote address, then separate intervention chapters for depression, anxiety, and combined therapeutic approaches.

What conference context shaped the content included in the book?

The proceedings are based on the Fourth Annual San Diego Conference on Hypnotic and Strategic Interventions, held March 4–6, 1988, sponsored by the Milton H. Erickson Institute of San Diego.

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