Guide. Resource & anxiety - Ericksonian work with anxiety disorder patients

The workshop presents the Ericksonian understanding of anxiety as a form of trance, based on the phenomenon of dissociation,Emphasizes work on recognizing the way in which the patient creates this trans.It familiarizes with the methods of therapeutic work that increase the flexibility of the patient s response, showing the process of treating anxiety disorders as strengthening the self, consequently allowing tolerating anxiety and managing it. Underlines the use of these aspects of anxiety trance in therapeutic work, which may be associated with the stage of development and an important patient s role in life. The workshop serves to show interventions based on patient resources, and at the same time built based on the transient phenomenon that dominates the patient.Educational Objectives: Defining anxiety disorders as a trance that serves the manifestation of the unconscious; Emphasizing the therapeutic significance of providing the patient with the experience of mastering or abolishing fear during the session, strengthening his adaptive abilities and sense of authorship;