Self-Relations Supervision in Santa Cruz

For the 9th year, Skyote Mountain hosts a supervision group with Stephen Gilligan.  This 3 1/2 day intensive community encourages breakthroughs at both personal and professional levels. Steve will teach Self-relations psychotherapy through lecture, demonstration, small-group exercises and therapy work in the center of the group. Participants may do personal work; or invite clients for a consultation session; or set up a role-playing experience. Therapists and client work with Steve Gilligan supervising, assisting, and/or consulting. Some will work in the center of the circle, others will have the opportunity to work within a trio separately.

After receiving his doctorate in Psychology from Stanford, Stephen became known as one of the premier teachers and practitioners of Ericksonian hypnotherapy. He developed his own approach, self-relations psychotherapy, incorporating ideas from his mentors, Milton Erickson & Gregory Bateson and from aikido, Buddhism, mindbody healing, meditation, and performance arts.

Dr. Gilligan’s many publications include Therapeutic Trances: The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Psychotherapy, a classic in the field; Brief therapy (Ed. with J. Zeig), Therapeutic Conversations (Ed. with R. Price); The Courage to Love: Principles and Practices of Self-Relations Psychotherapy, The Legacy of Erickson; and Walking in Two Worlds: The Theory, Practice, and Community of Self-Relations (Ed. with D. Simon). His work is known for its emphasis on reconnecting mindbody processes, embodied relationality, and encouraging and supporting transformational change.
www.StephenGilligan.com