Stephanie Schramm
Psychologist, Systemic couple and family therapist, Hypnotherapist (Milton Erickson Foundation Germany, M.E.G.) and Hypnotherapy trainer and supervisor for the M.E.G., Critical Incident Stress Manager and approved ICISF-Instructor (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation). Her clinical practice is in Krefeld, Germany and she worked at the University of Düsseldorf for 5 years. In 2004 she founded her own Institute (intakkt Psychological Solutions), which is specialized in Hypnotherapy (one of the regional institute of the Milton Erickson Foundation Germany, M.E.G.), Ego-State-Therapy, organizational development, Coaching and Employee assistance. She is on the board of Directors of the M.E.G.-Germany since 2012 and in the board of Directors of the European Society of Hypnosis (ESH) since 2013. Besides her specialization in Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy she is specialized in crisis intervention and suicidal behavior. She has been in the board of directors of the German society for suicide prevention for 8 years. Besides her daily work in her private practice and her institute, she travels both nationally and internationally to give workshops and lectures on the above mentioned topics.
Unlocking hidden potential through metaphoric communication and conversational trance
Metaphoric communication and conversational trance offer diverse possibilities to trigger off search processes “in-width and in-depth”, to casually remark specific ideas/relevant information to sow different resolutions and ideas. Therapist and client “talk about the problem, without talking (directly) about the problem”. Resistance will therefore be avoided and the client decides (consciously or unconsciously) over and over if and to what extent, he identifies with the metaphor or whether he will distance himself from the experience.
The workshop consists of the fundamentals of working metaphorically (substitution- and intersperse technique, selecting and “tailoring” of structurally fitting metaphors, working with client metaphors, metaphoric resources activation and transfer etc.) to unlock the hidden potential of the client (and the therapist) together with the participants and afterwards demonstrate and/or practice.
