Stories for the Third Ear

Title

en_US Stories for the Third Ear

en_US A Norton Professional Book

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Lee Wallas

Creator

en_US Wallas, Lee See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:29:06Z

en_US 2003-03

en_US 1985

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:29:06Z

Date Issued

en_US 1985

Abstract

en_US Here are nineteen stories offered by an experienced hypnotherapist. Each is labelled for its specific use, e.g., A Story for the Treatment of Phobia. The therapist in Wallas' approach needs first to establish rapport with and trust from the client. The story works then because it is metaphor, and rapport makes the metaphor available to the client. The metaphor defuses resistance, since the story is once removed and offers not commands but suggestions. These stories are spontaneous spoken stories born within the therapy situation. So Wallas will regularly write at the end of the introduction to these stories the following story told itself. The stories in this book are finally meant not to be reproduced by other therapists, but rather to encourage others to tell their own stories in their own way. These stories, perhaps four or five pages in length or shorter, are simple, but not as simple as Aesopic fables. I find the stories engaging, though beyond fable length and complexity. Thus Porky the Porcupine learns through a friendly turtle that people are afraid of him just as he is of them. A child afraid of the Green Dragon in his play room learns that the dragon is zippered, and that there is a little boy inside that has been playing frightening tricks on him. The overwound alarm clock thrown into the trash is rescued by a little girl who finds it beautiful and takes it to the clockmaker for repair.

Identifier

en_US 393700194

en_US 5144 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80726

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US W.W. Norton & Company

en_US New York

Subject

en_US RC489.S74 W35 1985 See all items with this value

en_US Lee Wallas See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole