Milton Erickson - Utilizing Ordeal Therapy for Insomnia 

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Is there something that can be used as an ordeal that can be used to demonstrate to the client “you have the capacity to change”? The goal is not to use an ordeal to trick the patient out of the symptom, but to establish a context in which change can happen.
We are highly influenced by social variables, psychological variables, and contextual variables. We don’t need to limit ourselves to talking just about psychological issues - we can talk about temporal issues, perceptual issues, body-oriented issues. There are many ways to enter into a clients system.
In this particular case, Dr. Erickson is going to use an ordeal with a case of insomnia. In this brief case, you will really see who Milton Erickson was. It’s interesting to see how Erickson handles this case in person.