Comments on: How A Country Doctor Cured People Through Persuasion Debriefed

By: collis

collis — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:07:19 +0000

i want to know more

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:02:28 +0000

Clue: Erickson as a child was almost completely paralyzed. All he could do was see and hear. To enter their world, watch and listen.

By: John

John — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:46:17 +0000

[QUOTE]Each of us creates a representation of our world…If your headline and opening copy fail to instantly harmonize with that model, your copy will fall on deaf ears…To try and impose your own model of the world on another in an attempt to influence them doesn’t work… “Dr. Erickson always \\\”joined\\\” his clients in THEIR model of the world. Entered the conversation they were having in their head.”[/QUOTE]
But how do you know what their specific model is in the first place?

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:53:26 +0000

Daniel Levis

Im no big guy whose opinion counts. But

I think one of the biggest compliments one can give is -

If Clayton puts down his signature under this article
99% believe it\’s from him and love it.

Really Great stuff !

Robert

one new fan from you
from germany

By: Ted Meloy

Ted Meloy — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:13:34 +0000

I believe that the good doctor employed the principle of illustrating the absurd with the absurd and thereby letting each individual see their own folly. This principle very definitely relates to copywriting in that a person convinced against his will is of the same mindset. It\\\’s all about being an inside job. (mindset)

By: Jason Crowe

Jason Crowe — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:29:46 +0000

What I really see as it can be applied to copywriting was that the good DR. allowed each person to visualize the problem to the point that the client understood it to be a problem. We must show our prospects that they have the problem that we are trying to solve. This includes helping them to realize how bad the problem can be if not solved.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:19:20 +0000

A person\’s reality is created by their own perception of it…he changed how they perceived each of their problems, thus changing their reality

By: Mac

Mac — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:04:28 +0000

Erickson got people to know the truth that HE wanted them to know. Jesus said, \”you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\”

By: Jeff Campbell

Jeff Campbell — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:52:05 +0000

Milton Erickson used in all three cases a technique known as \”Reframing\”.

This is where someone like Erickson changes the emotional viewpoint or setting in which a situation is experienced by placing it in another \”frame\” which suits the facts in a similar way.

It is commonly used by therapists to get patients out of a \”rut\” when they constantly hold a particular point of view which is causing them distress or harm.

For example the little girl biting her nails soon changed her point of reference from the it being cool to it becoming a chore. That was enough to get her to stop the nail biting.

The example of the two males who kept arguing that they were Jesus Christ uses reframing and also a hypnotherapy/NLP technique known as \”mirroring\” which basically means saying or doing exactly the same as the other person . Mirroring is often used to help obtain unconscious rapport with someone, although in this case it is used for something slightly different.

First the two guys mirrored each other, then Erickson mirrored John\’s delusional behaviour. John is then able to see by watching the other patient and Erickson that his behaviour is delusional. A strange but frequent behaviour then occurs as the patient takes on the mantle of therapist and the therapist becomes patient, thus being able to \”cure\” his delusional thinking.

Often many of us use these techniques in business and personal life without even knowing it.

By: Bob Clarke

Bob Clarke — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:35:25 +0000

Dr Erickson always \”joined\” his clients in their model of the world. Entered the conversation they were having in their head.

It\’s been said that the astute follower of Dr. Milton Erickson may notice as much as 45 percent of the processes he uses.

And I wonder, how many of your readers noticed another favorite you used in your title Daniel?