“The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is. Love is the subtlest force in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
(quote lifted from Bruce’s bio page)
How can you know what type of therapy is most likely to be helpful when the number of psychotherapies is vast and growing ?
One way is to learn from Bruce Hersey, who has 30 + years of clinical experience and a wide range of expertise, including Ericksonian Hypnosis, Psychodrama, EMDR, IFS, and Coherence Therapy.
In this episode Bruce describes his evolution as a therapist, and how he found convergent principles between 3 treatment modalities: EMDR, IFS, and Coherence Therapy. Bruce describes his integrated approach for healing trauma, and how he founded the Syzygy Institute, which teaches these methods to therapists.
You will also hear about Bruce’s take on Meaning, and how music and the song Titanium helped him during a challenging time.
Timestamps:
00:00:23 – Intro
00:05:00 – Concilience and EO Wilson
00:15:00 – Ericksonian Hypnosis and NLP
00:17:19 – Psychodrama
00:28:00 – EMDR, bringing adaptive and dysfunctional memory networks together
00:34:12 – Power and Challenges of EMDR
00:40:17 – Ego States and IFS in EMDR
00:44:00 – Understanding IFS and EMDR Connection
00:50:52 – Comparing Dual Attention in EMDR and IFS
01:02:00 – Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories
01:14:20 – Caution and Meaning in Healing Therapies
01:19:00 – The Meaning of Life According to Bruce
Produced by Dirk Winter and Violet Chernoff
Theme Music by The Thrashing Skumz
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