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The Power of Six

Started this discussion. Last reply by Hugh Cole Dec 24, 2009. 12 Replies 0 Favorites

This is a diagram from Ernest Rossi's "The Feigenbaum Scenario as a Model of the Limits of Conscious Information Processing."Continue

And What's There Now?...

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One of the simplest techniques I learned while attending David Grove's seminar in 2006 was And What's There Now?...This technique is useful for symptoms localized by a client inside or on their body.…Continue

Online Clean Space Meeting

Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Doherty Nov 14, 2009. 4 Replies 0 Favorites

Purpose: Research, Training and Development of applications of David Grove's work in the healing arts and individual and group problem solving.When: Weekdays at 11 AM US East Coast TimeWhere: Contact…Continue

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Where do you live?: Barre, MA 01005

Hypnosis Experience:: Full Time Practice

What are you looking for on this site?: I am definitely not here looking to again build a private practice. I retired from that in 1996.

Rather, I'm here also in my other role as software engineer doing r&d for a software project that addresses the question: Can we document effective "Evidence Based Treatment (EBT) online?. (see "American Psychological Statement: Policy Statement on Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology"

Areas of Specialty:: My curriculum vitae seems to most to make no sense whatsoever as I've alternated between two threads in my professional life, the technical world and social work. The former began when my uncle introduced me to electronics and short wave radio at age 10. The latter started by being born the son of a psychiatrist (and Flight Surgeon in Korea) and meeting doctors, nurses, and social workers growing up.

Specialties: Dissociative Disorders, PTSD. Training and experience in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, NLP, and the work of David Grove (Clean Language, Clean Space). Systems Theory, Software Engineering, Software Defined Radio

I also work with dog behavior problems using the teachings of Cesar Milan and Family Systems Theory.

About Me:: Off and on since:

(1958) Licensed (non-commercial) Amateur Radio Operator K1YS
(1969) Clinical Social Worker (retired from private practice in 1996)
(1971) Software Engineer and Architect ( Colecovision OS, Chrysler, Austin, Texas startup company of the year)

Hobbies:: skiing, wind surfing, cycling, sailing, hooping, traveling, amateur radio, science

Your Hypnosis Website:: http://metawhisperer.blogspot.com/index.html

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Michael Doherty replied to Lainie L's discussion 'alien abduction'

Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliensby Susan A. Clancy. Harvard University Press, 2005. 179 pp. $22.95 (hardcover). ISBN…

May 22, 2011

Michael Doherty replied to GAIL GUEVARA's discussion 'Wondering how safe cell phones are with your brain? Check this video out and you decide...'

The World Health Organization recommends the Precautionary Principle when it comes to cell phones. They involve recommendations such as the minimization of cellphone usage, the limitation of use by at-risk population (such as children), the…

May 8, 2011

Michael Doherty replied to tc_Burt's discussion 'Visual'

New Erickson Paper The Burden of Effective Psychotherapy

Jun 18, 2010

Michael Doherty replied to tc_Burt's discussion 'Visual'

OK, I understand. My own current focus of concern and study is the safety and effectiveness of treatment of post trauma stress. With that in mind, I offer a couple of lines that would be used in a study group context. I would not recommend this…

Jun 18, 2010

Michael Doherty replied to tc_Burt's discussion 'Visual'

You say you are completing a diploma in hypnotherapy which "suggests that all hypnosis invokes eye closure or requires eye closure." Well maybe there's your problem. I'm puzzled who suggested to you that all hypnosis invokes eye…

Jun 18, 2010

Michael Doherty replied to tc_Burt's discussion 'Visual'

Why do you want her to close her eyes?

Jun 18, 2010

Michael Doherty commented on Walt Potter's group 'Positive Hypnosis'

Debbie said,"I would love if we could get the psychological community to stop labeling people in terms of one of almost 300 diagnoses and begin to help them move toward wholeness by utilizing resources right inside them." Great comment,…

Dec 29, 2009

Positive Hypnosis

The goal of this group is to explore ways that hypnosis can be used to enhance the human experience.Positive Psychology is a related notion. More can be found at http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/index See More

Michael Doherty joined Walt Potter's group Dec 29, 2009

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Hugh Cole replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

Walt, Thanks for the cut and paste of some of the original text, briefly... Your misgivings are coming from the same place as mine. Rossi is looking at a qualitative phenomena in Human Conciousnes.and trying to model it Quantitatively. I salute his…

Dec 24, 2009

Walt Potter replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

Hugh and all, I had drifted to another topic and wondered where everyone had gone! You've described Feignebaum and his work well without me. The applications are numerous. However, I'm very shy about making the kind of connections that…

Dec 24, 2009

Connor Wyatt replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

The strange thing is Fable, that we can remember 7 +/-2 chunks of information but it doesn't matter how big the chunks are. E.g. you could remember a string of 7 numbers or you could remember a string of 21 numbers by splitting them up into…

Dec 24, 2009

Adrian Tannock replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

More threads like this please...

Dec 24, 2009

Hugh Cole replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

Where is Walt Potter when you need him... Mitchell Feigenbaum Is a well known Mathematician , known best for his work in complex non linear systems behavior. There are points in such systens where the system changes from one behavior to another...…

Dec 23, 2009

Doreen Cohanim C.Ht replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

Great Information Guys, lol, not that I didn't know all that or at list heard about it in many wonderful seminars and conferences I have attended... wtf, lol, for some reason it is funny to type it now, when before It use to get me very upset…

Dec 23, 2009

Michael Doherty replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

Hi Michael, Well, "NOTHING to the 6th power... WTF?" goes over my head. I'm proposing the diagram as a model for what's going during hypnotherapy. Here's another diagram from Eric Kandel, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in…

Dec 23, 2009

Kelley Woods replied to Michael Doherty's discussion 'The Power of Six'

Fable, I should most definitely have NOT read that before consuming my morning coffee. :) Kelley

Dec 23, 2009

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Online Hypnosis and Clean Space Study Group

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 9:34am 3 Comments 0 Favorites

Hi all,

I'm interested in online study groups. One of the things I loved about studying nlp was the study group model: Subject-Practitioner-Observer.
One person volunteers to be Subject and another the Practitioner. Everyone else is an Observer.

I'm currently meeting on Tuesdays 11AM (US East Coast time). Let me know if you're interested in participating.

Regards,
Michael Doherty, MSW

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At 11:04am on January 9, 2011, Nathan Welch said…: Thanks for friend invite and comments be happy to discuss more on ASD cheers Nath

At 5:21am on June 8, 2010, James Malone said…: Michael, thanks sharing the idea of getting interviewed first rather than just jumping into producing my own internet radio program-it did seem a bit daunting. Jim

At 12:11pm on May 10, 2010, Mentat said…: Thanks Michael for your message about your willingness to speak with me.
I don't know anything about skype? What is it? And when would be a good time to talk for you?

At 11:22am on November 14, 2009, Kelley Woods said…: Hi Michael,
I enjoyed reading your blog about Info Space Induction and found it quite informative. Please let me know about your Clean Space online study group.
Regards,
Kelley

At 9:51am on October 19, 2009, Katherine Zimmerman said…: Welcome to HypnoThoughts Michael! Glad that you could join us.

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