Strategic approach · Ordeal
The ordeal technique that cured this man's insomnia
Treating problems such as insomnia with surprising techniques — is that possible?
Jay Haley and Milton Erickson prove to us that it is sometimes the most surprising and paradoxical things that can bring about rapid and lasting change in individuals.
Here I tell you about an ordeal technique, of Ericksonian inspiration, used by a forerunner of brief therapies. To go deeper, these interventions are gathered in Jay Haley’s book, Ordeal Therapy: Unusual Ways to Change Behavior.
I recount this astonishing intervention in the video — in French — below.
How to cite this article
Besse, J. (2023, June 4). The ordeal technique that cured this man's insomnia. Complexe Systémique. https://app.complexe-systemique.com/en_GB/articles/the-ordeal-technique-that-cured-this-man-s-insomnia
To go further
- The strategic approach in systemic therapyThe overall framework within which these disconcerting interventions belong.
- The paradoxical prescription of the symptom: a counter-intuitive strategy for changePrescribing the symptom the better to get rid of it: another counter-intuitive strategy for change.
- The strategic-resolutive method: a therapeutic intervention processHow a strategic therapy journey is organised, step by step.
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