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autogenic training. goals for the first evening. to get an overview of the whole course & relate it to your own personal goals to be clear about the specific practice you are to work on for the rest of the week
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autogenic training
goals for the first evening • to get an overview of the whole course & relate it to your own personal goals • to be clear about the specific practice you are to work on for the rest of the week • to understand the “relaxation response” & “broaden & build” models of calming skills
your personal goals • what are your personal goals for this course - how will you know if you’ve attained them? • what do you think are the main personal obstacles to achieving your goals? • how do you reckon you can best tackle these personal obstacles?
assumptions & rules of the journey • skills learning • active involvement • support • confidentiality
main components of the journey • specific training in calming skills • knowledge, facts, underlying research • time to think, review and discuss • sideways glances at other relevant fields
autogenic (self-generated) training background: developed by Dr Johannes Schultz, a Berlin based neurologist and psychiatrist, in the early 1900’s from interviews with good hypnotic subjects. major aim: to develop a method that went beyond the passivity & dependence so often found in hypnosis. To hand the power and control back from therapist to subject - hence “auto-genic” or “self-generated”. a typical exercise: first scan the body from feet to head checking for any obvious areas of tension; then go through the specific autogenic focuses; then “cancel”. Luthe W & Schultz JH Autogenic Therapy: Volume I, Autogenic Methods New York: Grune & Stratton, 1969